# Incident 19940723030799I: Amtr BERKUT, Santa Monica, CA, July 23, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1994, 20:10 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91DR-2000-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ronneberg D H/Murphy D S BERKUT (registry code 05618G5, https://openairdocs.org/model/ronneberg-d-h-murphy-d-s-berkut) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BERKUT
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,590 total, 1,080 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940723030799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 7-23-94 AT 20:10 PDT, A DAVE H. RONNEBERG, DONALD S. MURPHY EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, BERKUR MODEL, N91DR, REGISTERED TO ABOVE INDIVIDUALS, EXPERIENCED SEPARATION OF THE FORWARD AND AFT CANOPIES DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT AT FL 2,450. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT, PASSENGER OR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 144483651, SINGLE ENGINE LAND. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA MONICA AT 20:00 PDT. THE CANOPIES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO PREVENT RE-OCCURRENCE AND WILL BE REDESIGNED. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N91DR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950812023119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950812023119A), Aug 12, 1995: Amtr BERKUT (N91DR), Santa Paula, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control in low level snap roll from tight turn at air show demo. Crashed inverted.

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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