# Accident 19800802032329A: Amtrmo SONERAI, Matoaca, VA, August 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1980, 14:25 local time
- Place: Matoaca, VA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2323° N, 77.4675° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Matoaca, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2323&lon=-77.4675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26KB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26KB-2009-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bailey SONERAI M-1 (registry code 0565902, https://openairdocs.org/model/bailey-sonerai-m-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRMO SONERAI
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 0 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FID25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FID25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802032329A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAILED TO FULLY OPEN FUEL VALVE ON FIRST FLIGHT IN HOMEBUILT. LOST POWER. STALLED TRYING TO RETURN TO FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 ATL80FID25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FID25), Aug 2, 1980: Sonerai M-1 (N26KB), Matoaca, VA, destroyed

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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