# Accident 20090624009549A: Amtr SONEX, Mena, AR, June 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2009, 19:29 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5372° N, 94.2286° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5372&lon=-94.2286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N604X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N604X-2009-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shultz Jeffrey D SONEX (registry code 05621RX, https://openairdocs.org/model/shultz-jeffrey-d-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 JABIRU3300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA391) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090624009549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOURS, N604X, SER NUMBER:604, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, BEING OPERATED BY A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT (OWNER) WITH A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS DESCENDING FROM 8,500 FEET FOR A LANDNG AT KMEZ (MENA, AR) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO APPROXIMATELY 4,000 FEET THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN.  A RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED AND THE ENGINE OPERATED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS.  THE PILOT SELECTED AN OPEN RESIDENTIAL AREA AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT WAS INOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES ON THE GROUND.  THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN09CA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA391), Jun 25, 2009: Shultz Jeffrey D Sonex (N604X), Mena, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total 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.

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