# Accident 19810627036519A: Amtrmo SONERAI2, Escanaba, MI, June 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1981, 12:30 local time
- Place: Escanaba, MI
- Airport: Delta
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7227° N, 87.0937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELTA COUNTY (ESC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7227&lon=-87.0937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88877, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88877) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Olsen SONERAI II (registry code 05659A1, https://openairdocs.org/model/olsen-sonerai-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRMO SONERAI2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1600VOLKS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 21 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEM23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810627036519A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT AFTER ENGINE FAILURE ON CLIMBOUT.

## 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 CHI81FEM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEM23), Jun 27, 1981: Sonerai II (N88877), Escanaba, MI, 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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