# Accident 20030720015949A: Amtr SONERAI2B, Lakeland, FL, July 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2003, 19:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7194° N, 81.6103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7194&lon=-81.6103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224RB-2004-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burgner Howard R JR SONERAI IIB (registry code 05609ID, https://openairdocs.org/model/burgner-howard-r-jr-sonerai-iib) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 710 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030720015949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7-20-2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 MR. BURGNER AS PILOT IN COMMAND OPERATING HIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER LINE WITH HIS RIGHT WING. THE POWER LINE (35 FEET HIGH) WAS LOCATED ALONG MOORE ROAD ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF THE LAKELAND, FL. AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LOST A PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING AT THE SITE OF THE POWER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE WEST 1/4 MILE AND STRUCK THE GROUND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 MIA03LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA146), Jul 20, 2003: Sonerai Sonerai IIB (N224RB), Lakeland, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to conduct low level flight and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance.

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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