# Incident 19970620020979I: Amtrmo SONERAI, Westhampton Bea, NY, June 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1997, 11:45 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: The Francis S Gabreski Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8436° N, 72.6318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCIS S GABRESKI (FOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8436&lon=-72.6318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51SD-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murphy S W/Dolson D H SONERAI I (registry code 05659QB, https://openairdocs.org/model/murphy-s-w-dolson-d-h-sonerai-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRMO SONERAI
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1600VOLKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 125 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970620020979I

## Narrative

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

TAILWHEEL FAILED LANDING ROLL. CAUSED CONTROL LOSS. DRAGGED WING AND NOSED DOWN. ENGINE DAMAGED. TAIL SPRING BROKE.

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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