# Accident 20070815823849A: Amtr SONEX, Bonham, TX, August 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2007, 07:00 local time
- Place: Bonham, TX
- Airport: Jones Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6078° N, 96.1742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6078&lon=-96.1742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N557SX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N557SX-2010-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ruggles Robert SONEX (registry code 05619S4, https://openairdocs.org/model/ruggles-robert-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONEX
- Reported engine: AMTR JABIRU3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070815823849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BONHAM TEXAS JONES FIELD (F00) AT APPROXIMATELY 0655 ON RUNWAY 35. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO TAKEOFF NORMALLY AND THEN MAKE A STEEP CLIMB AND TURN TO THE RIGHT, AND DIVE TOWARD THE GROUND. THIS WITNESS DID NOT SEE THE ACTUAL IMPACT BUT HEARD THE IMPACT AND SEEN THE SMOKE FROM THE RESULTING FIRE. HE CALLED EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. THE SECOND WITNESS STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF BUT HEARD IT AND IT SOUNDED TO HIM AS THOUGH THE "ENGINE HAD THROTTLED BACK." AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEVEL POSITION, BOUNCED ABOUT 50 TO 60 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. LONE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. ESTIMATED HOUR FOR AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME IS 50 HOURS. TOTAL TIME FOR PILOT IS UNKNOWN.

## 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 DFW07LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA183), Aug 15, 2007: Huggles Sonex (N557SX), Bonham, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane on take off, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with terrain.

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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