Sonerai II N24JW

29 November 1980 · East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 November 1980 at about 12:15 local time, a Sonerai II registered N24JW was involved in an accident during in flight near East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 November 1980 at 12:15
Classification: Accident
Location: East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sonerai II
Registration: N24JW
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Hyannis, Ma → Miami, Fl
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3655

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

STEEL HUB CLAMPS NOT GRIPPING BLADE SECURELY WHICH ALLOWED BLADES TO MOVE.ONE BLADE SEPD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3655, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Jun 1981	Sonerai II N88877	Escanaba, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
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3 Aug 1982	Sonerai II N52VM	Peru, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Donald Dickey	No injuries	-
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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Feb 1980	Grum-Amer AA-5 N1614R	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Mar 1980	Piper PA-30 N8547Y	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Caro-Wings FLI	Fatal	1
27 May 1980	Cessna 150 N5368Q	Clinton, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Andrews Aero C	No injuries	-
19 May 1980	Cessna 150 N18067	Everett, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 May 1980	Grumman AA-1 N5754L	Sylvania, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 Apr 1980	Cessna 150 N6085G	Colusa, California, United States no coordinates	Sky View Aviat	No injuries	-

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