Wasielak SONERAI II L accident near Malta, IL
On February 22, 1998, a Wasielak SONERAI II L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Malta, IL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 22, 1998
- Place
- Malta, IL
- Aircraft
- Wasielak SONERAI II L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.930°N, 88.859°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X09521
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 22, 1998, at 1045 central standard time (cst), a Wasielak Sonerai II L, N38NL, operated by a private pilot, was destroyed when during cruise formation flight, it collided with a Stanek Sonerai II LTS, N43804, also operated by a private pilot. The two airplanes subsequently departed controlled flight and impacted the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flights were being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. Neither pilot filed a flight plan. Both pilots were fatally injured. The local flight originated near Burlington, Illinois, at 1015 cst. The manager of Olson Airport, Burlington, Illinois, confirmed that both pilot's were keeping their airplanes in an open air hangar on the airport. A witness at the airport said that he observed both pilot's pull their airplanes out of the hangar at 0945 cst. The witness said that both pilots took off together at approximately 1015 cst. A pilot, who was in the air in the vicinity of Palentine, Illinois, said that he monitored a conversation between two pilots trying to find each other in the air, on a frequency of 122.7 megahertz (MHZ), between 1000 and 1030 cst. He said that one of the pilot's said that he was "near the dome," and at an altitude of 2,500 feet [mean sea level]." The other pilot said that his "GPS" [global positioning satellite receiver] was not working. The first pilot repeated, "Look south, I'm 2 miles from the dome." The pilot said that one of the two pilots may have mentioned the city of DeKalb, Illinois. He said that they sounded like m
Probable cause
The pilot of the other aircraft failure to maintain adequate clearance.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
