# Incident 20091031023219I: Amtr SONEX, Laveen, AZ, October 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2009, 09:10 local time
- Place: Laveen, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3628° N, 112.1693° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laveen, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3628&lon=-112.1693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N905SX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N905SX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mulloy Charles SONEX (registry code 05622PQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/mulloy-charles-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONEX
- Reported engine: VOLKSW HUMMEL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 85 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091031023219I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER, REGAINED POWER AND QUIT.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON GUARD FREQUENCY AND LANDED IN THE DESERT.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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