# N20CS: Shafer Richard SONERAI-I, registration cancelled 1999-06-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 21, 1999
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Shafer Richard SONERAI-I](https://openairdocs.org/model/shafer-richard-sonerai-i) (registry code 05659J3)
- Serial number: 329
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: November 13, 1996
- Last registry action: November 13, 1996
- Mode S code: A18FED
- Owner when cancelled: [Kalishek Christopher James](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KALISHEK%20CHRISTOPHER%20JAMES)
- Location: [Madison, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Madison)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.1358° N, 89.3475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 53704, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20CS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=20CS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20CS-1999-06-21

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Shafer Richard SONERAI-I: https://openairdocs.org/model/shafer-richard-sonerai-i.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC97LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA125), Jun 22, 1997: Shafer SONERAI-I (N20CS), W.Hampton Beach, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the number two pilot (N77TY) to follow race procedures, and failure of the number three pilot (N20CS) to turn and avoid the number two airplane, when it decelerated into the number three…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19970622015242A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622015242A), Jun 22, 1997: Amtr SONERAI (N20CS), Westhampton Bea, NY, Destroyed. Collided in mid air with N77TY during an air show. (.4)four homebuilt, low wing airplanes, were being used to participate in an air race, conducted by the…

## Other aircraft with N20CS

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20CS): Raytheon A36, S/N E-3601
- [Cancelled 2008-06-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20CS-2008-06-17): Cessna S550, S/N S550-0138, built 1987. Exported to South Africa. Owner: [Cspan Aviation Leasing LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CSPAN%20AVIATION%20LEASING%20LLC), [Vero Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Vero%20Beach)

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