# N56RA: 1992 Ives Raymond T SONERAI II-L, registration cancelled 2015-05-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 20, 2015
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Ives Raymond T SONERAI II-L](https://openairdocs.org/model/ives-raymond-t-sonerai-ii-l) (registry code 05659TX)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1108
- Year built: 1992
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: July 29, 1996
- Certificate issued: May 8, 1992
- Last registry action: April 20, 2010
- Mode S code: A72609
- Owner when cancelled: [Ives Raymond T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/IVES%20RAYMOND%20T)
- Location: [Pomfret Center, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Pomfret%20Center)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 41.8715° N, 71.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06259, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56RA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=56RA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56RA-2015-05-20

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 Ives Raymond T SONERAI II-L: https://openairdocs.org/model/ives-raymond-t-sonerai-ii-l.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 NYC99FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA097), Apr 25, 1999: Ives Sonerai II-L (N56RA), Eastford, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Inadequate welding of the airplane's spar-box by the owner/builder, which resulted in a total spar-box failure in-flight. A factor in the accident was the pilot's decision to perform aerobatics.

## 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 19990425003929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425003929A), Apr 25, 1999: Amtr SONERAI2L (N56RA), Eastford, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On April 25, 1999, about 1300 eastern daylight time, a homebuilt sonerai 11-L, N56RA, was destroyed after an in-flight breakup and susequent impacted with…

## Other aircraft with N56RA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56RA): Radical S-1 EVENSTAR, S/N 002

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