# Incident 20110115000279I: Eley Robert SONEX, Sango, TN, January 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sango, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5064° N, 87.2208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sango, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5064&lon=-87.2208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N926AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N926AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eley Robert B SONEX (registry code 05620H1, https://openairdocs.org/model/eley-robert-b-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ELEY ROBERT SONEX
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 326 total, 239 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110115000279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIFTEEN MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, PILOT WAS AT CRUISE RPM 3000 MSL.  PILOT PULLED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND DECENDED TO 2000 MSL.  THROTTLE WAS STUCK AT IDLE. ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE POWER FAILED. A FIELD WAS LOCATED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. LANDING WAS NORMAL WHEN AIRCRAFT REACHED AN EMBANKMENT ABOUT 3 TO 4 FT HIGH AT A DRIVEWAY CROSSING FIELD. AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE EMBANKMENT AND LAUNCHED BACK INTO AIR AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 50 FT PAST DRIVEWAY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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