- Date
- September 23, 1978
- Place
- Pipersville, PA · PIPERSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N81915Soneria II
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780923030499A
- Case key
- 139804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2980 78/9/23 PIPERSVILLE,PA SONERIA II CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 452 TIME - 1807 N81915 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIPERSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- STRESS TESTING ACFT FOR ACROBATIC MEET.FLT TESTS PROHIBITED PER OP LIMITS.WINGS FOLDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81915
- Reported as
- Soneria II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N81915Registration cancelled Jul 19, 2018 · Stewart SONERAI TWOAirframe modelStewart SONERAI TWOEngine 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.