Germany Wetherell SONERAI I N92CL

Summary

On 28 May 1984 at about 21:00 local time, a Germany Wetherell SONERAI I registered N92CL, operated by Clarence I Langerud, was involved in an accident near Leander, Texas, 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.

Date

28 May 1984 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Leander, Texas, United States

Coordinates

30.5590, -97.8602

Aircraft

Germany Wetherell SONERAI I

Registration

N92CL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clarence I Langerud

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Leander → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA247

Nobody was injured.

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

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.