# Accident 20141020021169A: Sonex SONEX, Fawnskin, CA, October 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2014, 10:45 local time
- Place: Fawnskin, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2583° N, 116.9408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2583&lon=-116.9408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91922, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91922-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sonex SONEX (registry code 059040L, https://openairdocs.org/model/sonex-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SONEX SONEX
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGON 2180 AEROVEE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141020021169A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM BIG BEAR AIRPORT.  APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT BANKED LEFT TO ALMOST 90 DEGREES. THE NOSE THEN DROPPED TO A NEARLY VERTICAL ATTITUDE UNTILL GROUND IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  ONE FATALITY.

## 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 WPR15FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA016), Oct 20, 2014: Sonex Sonex Trigear (N91922), Fawnskin, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed after takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall/spin at low altitude.…

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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