- Date
- February 16, 1983, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1390AMonnett Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830216004129A
- Case key
- 20814
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The new home built acft had only 2.5 hrs total flt time. After a test flt, the plt was on the landing roll when he lost control at aprx 35 mph. Subsequently, the acft ground looped & nosed over on its top. The plt reported that loss of control occurred after a steering arm failed on the tailwheel assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1390A
- Reported as
- Monnett Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 711
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- Volkswagen VW, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas E. Mcdaniel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 26, 1982 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- LRU · Crawford, runway 12, 7,494 × 150 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 574 total · 3 in this make and model · 524 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 3 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.