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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Worthington Donald Wayne SONERAI II LT · Highland Ranch, CO · March 29, 2014

Date
March 29, 2014 · 14:38 local
Place
Highland Ranch, CO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N63917
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14FA173
Reported as
Worthington Donald Wayne Sonerai II LT
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
465 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 03/29/2014, at approximately 1438 hrs. Mountain daylight time (MDT), N63917, an amateur built experimental Sonerai II Lt airplane was destroyed after impacting terrain approximately eight miles south west of denver centennial airport (kapa), CO.

The sole occupant on board was fatally injured. Weather at the time was visual meteorological conditions (VMC).

As the FAA filed it

ON 03/29/2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1438 HRS. MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT), N63917, AN AMATEUR BUILT EXPERIMENTAL SONERAI II LT AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES SOUTH WEST OF DENVER CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (KAPA), CO.

THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC).

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.