# NTSB CEN26LA060: Sonerai II, N28MD, Cresson, TX, December 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: December 12, 2025, 14:31 local (20:31 UTC)
- Place: Cresson, TX
- Coordinates: 32.581833, -97.590778
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5818&lon=-97.5908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202154
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA060
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202154/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA060

## Preliminary report

On December 12, 2025, about 1431 central standard time, a Sonerai II airplane, registration N28MD, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cresson, Texas. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he had just completed a high-speed pass down the runway and was turning downwind when the engine began to sound and act abnormally. The rpm gauge was fluctuating. The pilot immediately turned towards the runway and performed an emergency landing. The airplane overran the runway and went into a ravine where it struck a tree which resulted in substantial damage to the wing and fuselage. The airplane will be recovered and retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Doyle-Michael SONERAI-II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=05659E2), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Doyle-Michael SONERAI-II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=05659E2), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Doyle-Michael SONERAI-II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=05659E2), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28MD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28MD), registered now, S/N 141, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Sonerai II
- Registry model: [Doyle-Michael SONERAI-II](https://openairdocs.org/model/doyle-michael-sonerai-ii) (registry code 05659E2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 141
- Year built: 2006
- Airframe hours: 497.6
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: 50F, Forth Worth, TX
- Airport: 50F

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 290° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.07 inHg
- Observed at: KGDJ, 14 nm away
- METAR: METAR KGDJ 130235Z AUTO 29003KT CLR 10/04 A3007 RMK AO2 T01040036 PWINO

## Other investigations on N28MD (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 ERA09LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA187), Mar 6, 2009: Doyle-Michael Sonerai-II (N28MD), Leonardtown, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued operation of the airplane with a known mechanical deficiency. Contributing to the accident was the improper installation of the electronic ignition system.

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.

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