- Date
- October 20, 1981
- Place
- Romeoville, IL · ROMEOVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N66LSSonerai II
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811020069019A
- Case key
- 123485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2969 81/10/20 ROMEOVILLE,IL SONERAI II CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 824 TIME - 0935 N66LS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWES-LOCKPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROMEOVILLE,IL HAMPSHIRE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- AILERON COUNTERWEIGHT RIBS FD CONSIDERABLY BELOW HARDNESS STANDARDS FOR 2024TS ALUMINUM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66LS
- Reported as
- Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lewes-Lockport
N66LSRegistration cancelled Oct 10, 2012 · Yarger SONERIA 2Airframe modelYarger SONERIA 2Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.