# Accident 20070317832179A: Amtr SONERAI, Ft Atkinson, WI, March 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2007, 14:20 local time
- Place: Ft Atkinson, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9578° N, 88.8172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9578&lon=-88.8172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5200C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5200C-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Haddan Charles SONERAI IIL (registry code 05617HE, https://openairdocs.org/model/haddan-charles-sonerai-iil) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070317832179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 17, 2007, AT 1420 CST, A SONERAI IIL, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING FROM FT ATKINSON, WI AIRPORT. AT ABOUT 300AGL ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW AN AREA OF TREES THAT HE DID NO THINK HE WOULD CLEAR SO HE PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWNIN A FIELD SHORTLY BEFORE THE TREES. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR CUTS AND SCRATCHES AND THE OTHER OCCUPANT, THE PILOT'S NINE YEAR OLD SON, RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG AND SEVERAL CUTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

## 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 CHI07LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA091), Mar 17, 2007: Haddan Sonerai IIL (N5200C), Fort Atkinson, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed following a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A low altitude and an inadvertent stall were factors.

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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