Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Fairbanks, Alaska
Aviation Accident Preliminary Report - National Transportation Safety Board: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdf
https://registry.faa.gov/N7511H
Location: Healy, AK
Accident Number: ANC18FA071
Date & Time: 09/22/2018, 1600 AKD
Registration: N7511H
Aircraft: Piper PA 12
Injuries: 2 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal
On September 22, 2018, the wreckage of a Piper PA-12 airplane, N7511H, was located in an area of mountainous terrain about 35 miles east of Healy, Alaska. The accident occurred at an unknown time between September 15 and September 22. The private pilot and the passenger sustained fatal injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to the pilot, who operated the airplane under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a visual flight rules personal flight when the accident occurred. With no definitive accident date at this time, exact meteorological conditions are unknown, and no flight plan had been filed.
According to family and friends of the two occupants, the airplane departed from Fairbanks International Airport on September 15 in support of a sheep hunt in the Alaska Range. The family reported that it was not uncommon for the pilot to take off and not tell anyone where he was going. When the airplane did not return, family members reported it missing, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an alert notice (ALNOT) on September 19 at 1620 Alaska daylight time. No emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal was received.
After being notified of an overdue airplane, search and rescue personnel from the Air National Guard's 210th Air Rescue Squadron, Alaska Army National Guard, Civil Air Patrol, Alaska State Troopers and Good Samaritans, began a search for the missing airplane.
On September 22, about 1600, searchers located the incinerated wreckage of the accident airplane, but poor weather prevented searchers from reaching the site until the next morning. The following morning the crew of an Air National Guard HH-60G helicopter reached the accident site and confirmed that both occupants had died.
On September 26, two National Transportation Safety Board investigators reached the accident site. The airplane was located in an area of mountainous, tree and snow-covered terrain at an elevation of 4,300 ft mean sea level. A postcrash fire incinerated a large portion of the airplane's fuselage and portions of both wings.
The airplane was equipped with a Lycoming O-320 series engine.
A detailed wreckage examination is pending recovery.
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: Piper
Registration: N7511H
Model/Series: PA 12 No Series
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built: No
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
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Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Fairbanks, AK (FAI)
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Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Fire: Fire At Unknown Time
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: Unknown
Total Injuries: 2 Fatal
Latitude, Longitude: 63.900278, -147.733333
Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board investigation may contact them by email eyewitnessreport@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov.
Timothy Mark Sonnenberg
May 20, 1973 - September 23, 2018
Jason Dean Roberts
January 12, 1975 - September 23, 2018
Timothy Sonnenberg, 45, of Fairbanks, and Jason Roberts, 43, of North Pole, are believed to have died in the small aircraft that went down near the Japan Hills south of Fairbanks in the area of Wood River and Chutes Creek, according to trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters.
They were reported overdue on Friday from a hunting trip to the Nenana River, a trooper report stated. The men reportedly left to hunt sheep Sept. 15; their last known coordinates were near the west fork of the Delta River.
A search involving the Civil Air Patrol and other volunteers commenced. A pilot on Saturday reported seeing an aircraft south of Gold Creek that appeared to have burned.
A military helicopter was sent to the site and confirmed Sunday that it was Sonnenberg’s plane. Authorities launched a body recovery effort, according to troopers.
Family members of both men have been notified, troopers stated.
An online Federal Aviation Administration database shows Sonnenberg flew a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft built in 1946. He was a licensed pilot though not instrument rated, according to another FAA database.
Sonnenberg owned TS Construction in Fairbanks. Roberts coached wrestling at North Pole High School, according to his Facebook page.
A GoFundMe campaign that was started Saturday to raise money for fuel for the search effort drew more than $25,000 in less than 24 hours.
Attempts on Sunday to get information from the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates every civil aviation accident in the United States, were unsuccessful.
Original article can be found here ➤ http://www.newsminer.com
Date: 16-JUL-18
Time: 22:45:00Z
Regis#: N7511H
Aircraft Make: PIPER
Aircraft Model: PA 12
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: MINOR
Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 91
City: FAIRBANKS
State: ALASKA
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