Folsom SONERAI II N27EF

Summary

On 1 March 1986 at about 16:45 local time, a Folsom SONERAI II registered N27EF, operated by Earl Edwin Folsom, was involved in an accident near Middlebury, Connecticut, 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

1 March 1986 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Middlebury, Connecticut, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Folsom SONERAI II

Registration

N27EF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Earl Edwin Folsom

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Middlebury → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FNE02

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

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS SLOW TO CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF AND HAD REACHED AN ALT OF ONLY 100' AGL AT THE END OF THE 5000' LOND RWY. THE PLT CONTINUED TO STATE THE ACFT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN APRX 1/2 MILE FROM THE ARPT. THE ACFT CONTACTED THE ROCKY TERRAIN WHICH RESULTED IN THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING. A NEW PROPELLER WAS INSTALLED ON THE ACFT PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT, HOWEVER, THE PLT CITED NO MECHANICAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.