# NTSB MKC87LA005: Stahl-Ameter Monnett Sonerai II, N44KC, Arab, MO, October 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1986, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Arab, MO
- Location: 37.0709° N, 90.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arab, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0709&lon=-90.1195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34312
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34312/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA005

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in aircraft's ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, other

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD CAPACITY FOR TEN GALLONS OF USABLE FUEL, AND THAT HE FLEW FOR LESS THAT AN HOUR BEFORE LANDING AT COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE SIGHT GAUGES WERE NOT ACCURATE ON THE GROUND AND HE DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE TANKS SINCE HE THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO FLY TO POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI.  THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE AT CRUISE 25NM SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT AND THE PILOT LANDED IN TREE TOPS AND NOSED INTO THE GROUND AFTER MANEUVERING TO A FORCED LANDING.  POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND NO FUEL IN THE TANK, FUEL LINES, NOR FUEL STRAINER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44KC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44KC-2012-11-29), registration cancelled 2012-11-29, S/N 00291, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STAHL-AMETER MONNETT SONERAI II (MONNETT SO)
- Registry model: [Stahl-Ameter MONNETT SONERAI II](https://openairdocs.org/model/stahl-ameter-monnett-sonerai-ii) (registry code 0565957) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 00291
- Airframe hours: 246
- Engines: VOLKSWAGEN 7579 EVA-1600 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard W. Bowie
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, July 20, 1984, 106 hours before
- Departed: H49, COLUMBIA, IL
- Destination: POF, POPLAR BLUFF, MO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 164 total, 92 in this make and model, 126 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CGI, 26 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861006087039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861006087039A), Oct 6, 1986: Amtrmo SONERAI2, Arab, MO, Destroyed. The aircraft force landed in a field after the engine failed from fuel exhaustion.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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