# Accident 19971116032979A: Amtr SONERAI2LS, White Hills, AZ, November 16, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: White Hills, AZ
- Airport: Triangle Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7275° N, 114.4915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7275&lon=-114.4915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27KF-1998-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jensen Roy SONERAI II LS (registry code 05604P5, https://openairdocs.org/model/jensen-roy-sonerai-ii-ls) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI2LS
- Reported engine: CONT A758F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,180 total, 75 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971116032979A

## Narrative

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

CLIMBED 400FT. STALLED. INDICATES FATAL. MINIMAL INFO.(PREVIOUS REMARK FROM .19) (REMARK TO FOLLOW FROM .4) THE AIRCRAFT WAS PART OF A FLIGHT OF THREE WHICH FLEW INTO THE AIRPORT EARLIER IN THE DAY.  AFTER VISITING WITH FRIENDS IN THE NEARBY TRAILER PARK, THE THREE AIRCRAFT WERE DEPARTING FOR THE RETURN TO LAS VEGAS.  THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS THE MIDDLE ONE OF THE THREE IN THE TAKEOFF SEQUENCE.  THE PILOT OF THE LAST AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE TAKEOFF INITIAL CLIMB WHEN IT APPEARED TO LOOSE POWER AND ENTER A DESCENT TOWARD THE DESERT.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN NOSED OVER IN THE DIRT.  THE ACCIDENT SITE, WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT, IS PREDOMINANTLY LEVEL, ALTHOUGH SEVERAL SMALL WASHES TRAVERSE THE AREA IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE AIRCRAFT'S DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE CONTACTED THE NORTHERN LIP OF A WASH AND NOSED OVER.  THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE WERE EXAMINED FOLLOWING RECEOVERY OF THE WRECKAGE.  CONTROL SYSTEM CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED.  THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION.  AN ESTIMATED 12 GALLONS OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL WAS IN THE SINGLE FUSELAGE FUEL TANK.  NO  PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES WERE IDENTIFIED DURING A COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE, MAGNETOS, AND CARBURETOR, OR IN THE FUEL SYSTEM EXAMINATION.

## 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 LAX98LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA038), Nov 16, 1997: Adams Sonerai II (N27KF), Kingman, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The complete loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the rough nature of the landing site terrain.

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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