# Incident 20030912026419I: Amtr SONERAI2LT, Santa Maria, CA, September 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Public
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90420, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90420-2012-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saloff Stan A SONERAI IILT (registry code 056599S, https://openairdocs.org/model/saloff-stan-a-sonerai-iilt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster 2100 (registry code 52550, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI2LT
- Reported engine: AMTRRM 2100D
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 8 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912026419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT, JEREMIAS DAVID MENDONCA, JR., SUBMITTED A STATEMENT, THAT ON 9-12-03 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 LOCAL TIME, WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON KSMX RUNWAY 30, HE ENCOUNTERED VARIABLE AND GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED AT A RAPID RATE. HE ADDED POWER AND MADE A STICK MOVEMENT. THE WIND CONDITIONS CHANGED AGAIN AND WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND ATTITUDE, CONTACTED THE RUNWAY ON THE GEAR AND BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR. HE APPLIED FORWARD STICK PRESSURE TO GAIN A LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THIS TIME IN A NOSE WHEEL FIRST ATTITUDE. THE NOSE GAVE WAY AT THAT TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. HE STATES THAT HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N90420 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060818017729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060818017729A), Aug 18, 2006: Amtr SONERAI2LT (N90420), Williams, AZ, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On August 18, 2006, at 1655 MST, experienced sonerai iilt airplane, N90420, experienced a loss of directional control on the takeoff roll from runway 36…

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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