- Date
- September 22, 1984, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Plato Center, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N199BRobert Eggebrecht Sonerai 2L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840922050319A
- Case key
- 12429
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled & spun to the ground from about 200 ft AGL after an abrupt pull-up to aprx 45 degree deck angle during a premature liftoff. The plt had been observed making high speed taxi runs 'to get the feel of the acft'. After a run resulted in a liftoff, the rt wing dropped & almost hit the rwy. The plt was observed raising the wing by application ofthe flt controls but no lowering of the nose occurred. The acft continued the steeper than normal climb and reached an alt of aprx 150 ft AGL before the rt wing dropped two more times. One recovery of bank was accomplished with the nose ofthe acft still maintained in a climb attitude. The wing dropped sharply the 3rd time and the acft went into a spin from which no recovery was made. The witnesses said that the acft never appeared to reach the proper flying speed. The acft owner had just flown in this acft with no mechanical difficulties as stated in his report. The plt had logged no flt time since 1/4/84. No medical or mechanical discrepancies were found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N199B
- Reported as
- Robert Eggebrecht Sonerai 2L
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1022L
- Airframe hours
- 89
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2374, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward H. Paxton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 14, 1983 · 68 hours before
- Airport
- LL53 · Olson, runway 23, 2,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,613 total · 2,522 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.