- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- Cortland, IL · CORTLAND, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5794Sonerai 1
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810525027759A
- Case key
- 125340
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2750 81/5/25 NR.CORTLAND,IL SONERAI 1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1000 TIME - 1500 N5794 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHICAGO,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS REMARKS- SLOW COUNTERCLOCKWISE BARREL ROLL,WINGS LEVELED,THEN SLIGHT NOSE & R WING DOWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5794
- Reported as
- Sonerai 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.