# Accident 19810525027759A: Amtrmo SONERAI, Cortland, IL, May 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Cortland, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9372° N, 88.6893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cortland, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9372&lon=-88.6893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5794 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRMO SONERAI
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEE33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525027759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING AEROBATICS AND RECOVERED FROM MANUEVER THEN AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED DIVING INTO GROUND.

## 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 CHI81FEE33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE33), May 25, 1981: Sonerai 1 (N5794), Cortland, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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