# Accident 20101029049259A: Walker Kenn SONEX, San Angelo, TX, October 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2010, 14:30 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: Cloud County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5950° N, 100.5572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5950&lon=-100.5572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N234KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Walker Kenneth SONEX (registry code 05617E6, https://openairdocs.org/model/walker-kenneth-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WALKER KENN SONEX
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION AEROVEE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 1 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101029049259A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 29, 2010, N234KS, A SONEX EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.  THE PILOT SAID HE  LOST PITCH CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.    DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL; THE ENGINE WAS FOLDED UNDER THE WRECKAGE, THE LEFT FLAP WAS FOLDED UNDER THE LEFT WING, LANDING GEAR WAS COLLAPSED, AND THE WINGS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED A BROKEN FEMUR AND LACERATIONS TO THE FACE AND HEAD. THE PASSENGER HAD A COMPRESSED VERTEBRAE AND LACERATIONS TO THE FACE.

## 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 CEN11LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA045), Oct 29, 2010: Walker Kenneth Sonex (N234KS), San Angelo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to alcohol.

## Other reports on N234KS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050618011969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050618011969I), Jun 18, 2005: Amtr SONEX (N234KS), San Angelo, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On June 18, 2005 at approximately 11:00 am, an amateur built walker Sonex owned by the pilot [privacy data omitted] was involved in an incident at Mathis…

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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