# Accident 19960901025529A: Amtrmo SONERAI2, Santa Fe, NM, September 1, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1996, 18:01 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103HJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103HJ-2016-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jackson Homer D JACKSON SONERAI I (registry code 05620YV, https://openairdocs.org/model/jackson-homer-d-jackson-sonerai-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRMO SONERAI2
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 28 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA367) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960901025529A

## Narrative

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

NO FUEL AT FUEL STOP THEN RAN OUT EN ROUTE TO ANOTHER. NOSED OVER LANDING. NEAR SANTA FE. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1996, AT 1808 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME A JACKSON SONERAI I, N103HJ, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE OWNER AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM QUESTA, NEW MEXICO, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO. A WITNESS REPORTED HEARING A "NOISY" AIRPLANE. THE WITNESS HEARD THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE "STOP", AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE NOSE OVER INTO A "GLIDE." THE WITNESS HEARD THE ENGINE "START AND STOP" SEVERAL TIMES. THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE FAA INSPECTOR THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE TO A FIELD. AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE "FLIPPED OVER." AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER, THE LANDING GEAR, BOTH WING TIPS, AND THE FUSELAGE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEA                                                            LED THAT THE EXPANSION FUEL CAP HAD SEPARATED DURING GROUND IMPACT, AND THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS A SLIGHT ODOR.

## 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 FTW96LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA367), Sep 2, 1996: Jackson Sonerai I (N103HJ), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing was a related factor.

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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