Monnett SONERAI II N79TG

Summary

On 1 August 1988 at about 18:00 local time, a Monnett SONERAI II registered N79TG, operated by Bernard Fried, was involved in an accident near Wisc Rapids, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 1988 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wisc Rapids, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Alexander Field

Coordinates

44.3400, -89.7304

Aircraft

Monnett SONERAI II

Registration

N79TG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bernard Fried

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI88DEP08

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG TAKEOFF, THE ENG LOST POWER AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 200' AGL. AN EMERG LNDG WAS MADE IN THE BEST AVAILABLE AREA, WHICH WAS A GOLF COURSE ON ROLLING TERRAIN. DRG THE LNDG ROLL, THE PLT APPLIED BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE ACFT WENT OVER A RIDGE WITH A STEEP DECLINING SLOPE BEYOND. AS THE ACFT WENT OVER THE RIDGE (DROP-OFF), IT BECAME AIRBORNE, THEN TOUCHED DOWN HARD & WAS DAMAGED WHERE THE TERRAIN BEGAN RISING AGAIN. THE ACFT HAD BEEN SVCD WITH AUTO FUEL. THE PLT BELIEVED THE ENG HAD LOST POWER DUE TO VAPOR LOCK. ACCORDING TO AC 91-33,AUTO FUEL IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO VAPOR LOCK AT ELEVATED TEMPS. THE TEMP WAS 93 DEG. NO OTHER PART MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS EVIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.