# Accident 19811020069019A: Amtrmo SONERAI2, Romeoville, IL, October 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1981, 09:35 local time
- Place: Romeoville, IL
- Airport: Lewis-Lockport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6278° N, 88.1012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Romeoville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6278&lon=-88.1012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66LS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66LS-2012-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yarger SONERIA 2 (registry code 0565913, https://openairdocs.org/model/yarger-soneria-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRMO SONERAI2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1800VOLKS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 824 total, 49 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FEE03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEE03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811020069019A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES LOSS OF AILERON COUNTERWEIGHTS, ROLL, THEN WING SEPERATION. PILOT EJECTED, FAILED TO OPEN PARACHUTE.

## 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 CHI82FEE03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEE03), Oct 20, 1981: Sonerai II (N66LS), Romeoville, 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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