# Accident 20090318004099A: Amtr SONEX, Cottonwood, AZ, March 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2009, 10:29 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7478° N, 112.0489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7478&lon=-112.0489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N997KK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONEX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,985 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090318004099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON CLIMB PHASE OF FLIGHT LOST ENGINE POWER AND QUIT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED IN OPEN FIELD AND SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE.  ONE PROPELLER STRUCK A TREE AND BROKE OFF.  PILOT WAS OPERATING UNDER SPORT PILOT PRIVILEGES.

## 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 WPR09CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA152), Mar 18, 2009: Kenneth K Knowles Sonex (N997KK), Cottonwood, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.