# N77TY: 1982 Smith Randolph C SONERAI-I, registration cancelled 2014-11-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 26, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Smith Randolph C SONERAI-I](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-randolph-c-sonerai-i) (registry code 05659L3)
- Engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501)
- Serial number: 434
- Year built: 1982
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: March 24, 1992
- Certificate issued: December 20, 1995
- Last registry action: December 18, 2007
- Mode S code: AA686E
- Owner when cancelled: [Goodlett Richard L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GOODLETT%20RICHARD%20L)
- Location: [Louisville, KY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KY/Louisville)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 38.2676° N, 85.4462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 40245, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77TY
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=77TY
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77TY-2014-11-26

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Smith Randolph C SONERAI-I: https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-randolph-c-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: Smith SONERAI-I (N77TY), 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 19970622015241A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622015241A), Jun 22, 1997: Amtr SONERAI (N77TY), Westhampton Bea, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. During an air show collided in mid air with N20CS. (.4)four homebuilt, low wing airplanes, were being used to participate in an air race, conducted by the…

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