# Incident 20091029022629I: Amtr SONERAI2, Chandler, AZ, October 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2009, 09:47 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Gila River Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2434° N, 111.9130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Gila River Memorial Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2434&lon=-111.9130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55GE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55GE-2025-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pritchard SONERAI II (registry code 0562944, https://openairdocs.org/model/pritchard-sonerai-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI2
- Reported engine: VW AEROVEE1835
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091029022629I

## Narrative

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

ON 10-29-2009, N55GE, S/N V115 A PRITCHARD SONERAI II EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT DEPARTED STELLAR AIRPARK (P19), CHANDLER, ARIZONA AT 0945MST.  THE PILOT NOTED AFTER DEPARTURE FROM P19, 10 TO 15 MINUTES INTO HIS FLIGHT AND FLYING OVER GILA MEMORIAL AIRPORT (34AZ) THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH.  HE PULLED POWER BACK, HEARD A POP AND BANG, THE PROPELLER DEPARTED THE ENGINE STRIKING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT 34AZ.  THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES, THE AIRAFIELD DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE AND THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND LYING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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