# NTSB Accident NYC97LA125
> **Shafer SONERAI-I** · 1997-06-22 · W.HAMPTON BEACH, NY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC97LA125
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08229
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-06-22
- **Location:** W.HAMPTON BEACH, NY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.829879, -72.650909
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Shafer
- **Model:** SONERAI-I
- **Registration:** N20CS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

failure of the number two pilot (N77TY) to follow race procedures, and failure of the number three pilot (N20CS) to turn and avoid the number two airplane, when it decelerated into the number three pilot's blind spot.

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