# Incident 20000723025169I: Amtr SONERAI, Albuquerque, NM, July 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2000, 15:40 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Double Eagle II Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N516DS-2009-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siekmann David G SONERAI (registry code 05659N6, https://openairdocs.org/model/siekmann-david-g-sonerai) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 249 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000723025169I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 23, 2000, AT 1540 MDT, N516DS, AN AMATEUR BUILT SONERAI II, OWNED AND OPERATED A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER WHILE DEPARTING DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, RUNWAY 04. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PHOENIX, AZ ON 7/23/00 AT 1000 PDT.  VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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