# Accident 20060818017729A: Amtr SONERAI2LT, Williams, AZ, August 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2006, 16:55 local time
- Place: Williams, AZ
- Airport: H.A. Clark Memorial Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3022° N, 112.1933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3022&lon=-112.1933&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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,432 total, 6 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060818017729A

## Narrative

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

(-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 AT H.A. CLARK MEMORIAL FIELD, WILLIAMS, ARIZONA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT OWNED AND OPERATED HIS AIRPLANE UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, HAD PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE THE WEEK PRIOR, AND HAD PRACTICED HIGH SPEED TAXIING PRIOR TO THE MISHAP, WHICH OCCURRED ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPTED FLIGHT. AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE ON-GROUND COLLISION WITH A BYSTANDER, WHO WAS FATALLY INJURED. PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) IN THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. VMC PREVAILED, LIGHT WIND, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. MISHAP COMMENCED WHEN ABOUT 1,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDIRECT THE AIRPLANE BACK TOWARD THE CENTERLINE, HE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY TRAVELING AN ADDITIONAL 100 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT REALIZE THE AIRPLANE HAD STRUCK ANYONE, BUT DID OBSERVE THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE SHATTERED. WHEN THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE PILOT'S SPOUSE, SHE WAS STANDING ABOUT 5 FEET BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY TAKING PICTURES.

## 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 LAX06LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA266), Aug 18, 2006: Saloff Sonerai Iilt (N90420), Williams, AZ, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N90420 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030912026419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912026419I), Sep 12, 2003: Amtr SONERAI2LT (N90420), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. (-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…

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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