- Date
- November 26, 1989, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Huntley, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4984HNelsen-David Sonerai II/EV
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891126047209A
- Case key
- 14449
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed during a turn at low altitude, resulting in an inadvertent stall and impact with terrain, lack of recent total experience and lack of total experience in type of aircraft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4984H
- Reported as
- Nelsen-David Sonerai II/EV (SONERAI II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 507
- Airframe hours
- 61
- Engine
- Monnett EV2/1850, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas M. Aloy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- 61L6 · Reid Rla, runway 36, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 1 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 31 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.