Kellums SONERAI 1 accident near Scottsburg, IN
On August 26, 1997, a Kellums SONERAI 1 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Scottsburg, IN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 26, 1997
- Place
- Scottsburg, IN
- Aircraft
- Kellums SONERAI 1 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.679°N, 85.780°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X08567
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 26, 1997, at 1745 eastern standard time (est), a Kellums Sonerai 1, N76457, operated by a student pilot, was destroyed when during cruise flight following takeoff, the airplane's engine lost power. The airplane subsequently impacted the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. There was no flight plan on file. The pilot was fatally injured. The local flight originated at Scottsburg, Indiana, at 1740 est. A witness at Scottsburg Airport, Indiana, who was mowing the grass on the airfield, saw the student pilot takeoff to the south on Runway 20. The witness said, "The takeoff was normal and he [the student pilot] performed a normal climbout. He was about even with the tops of the trees [approximately 150 feet above ground level] when he flew by. I went back to mowing the grass." The witness said that the student pilot was a "stickler for following the rules" and felt that he turned eastbound to enter the traffic pattern. Another witness who lives near the accident site said she was standing in her yard when she "heard the airplane's engine cut out." The witness said that when she looked south toward where she heard the sound, she "saw the airplane come straight down." PERSONNEL INFORMATION The student pilot had approximately 9.0 hours total flying time in a single-engine land airplane. The entire 9.0 hours was as pilot-in-command. A friend of the student pilot, also the manager of Scottsburg Airport, said that the student pilot had accumulated appro
Probable cause
a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed greater than the stalling speed for the airplane. A factor relating to this accident was the student pilot's lack of total experience.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
