LEANDER, TX, USA
N92CL
GERMANY WETHERELL SONERAI I
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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