ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 379390
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Date: | Monday 28 May 1984 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Monnett Sonerai I |
Owner/operator: | Clarence I Langerud |
Registration: | N92CL |
MSN: | 521 |
Total airframe hrs: | 125 hours |
Engine model: | Volkswagen UNKNOWN |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Leander, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Leander, TX (77T) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT THE PLT ADJUSTED THE CARBURETOR. A LOCAL FLIGHT WAS MADE TO TEST THE CARBURATOR. DURING THE GLIDING APCH TO THE RWY THE PLT NOTICED THE ENG IDLE POWER WAS 1400 RPM. WHILE ON BASE LEG THE PLT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, HOWEVER, ENG PWR REMAINED AT 1400 RPM. THE PLT, UNABLE TO REACH THE ARPT, ATTEMPTED A LNDG IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TOP OF A TREE SHORT OF THE FIELD.BOTH WINGS WERE DAMAGED. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS KINKED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW84LA247 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW84LA247
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Mar-2024 18:50 |
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