# NTSB ATL87DEK03: Embree Sonerai II, N348KE, Cambridge, OH, August 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1987, 20:20 local (Aug 14, 1987, 00:20 UTC)
- Place: Cambridge, OH
- Coordinates: 40.019424, -81.580177 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0194&lon=-81.5802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7238
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DEK03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7238/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEK03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - throttle/power lever - loose (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power lever - slipped (cause)
  - throttle/power control - not possible
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PLT RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE & ESTABLISHED A GLIDE SPEED. WHEN HE RE-ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENG. THE PLT SAID HE 'HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE OVERRUN TO RUNWAY 4, BUT COULD NOT MAKE IT THAT FAR.'  WHILE LNDG, THE ACFT STRUCK SEVERAL SMALL TREES & WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE THROTTLE HOUSING HAD SLIPPED IN ITS CLAMPING DEVICE. THE HOME BUILT ACFT HAD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF ONLY 11 HRS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N348KE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N348KE-1989-04-21), registration cancelled 1989-04-21, S/N KE187 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBREE SONERAI II
- Registry model: [Embree Keith E SONERAI IILM](https://openairdocs.org/model/embree-keith-e-sonerai-iilm) (registry code 056599P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: KE187
- Airframe hours: 11
- Engines: Volkswagen 60-E reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Keith E.Embree
- Registered owner: Keith E Embree
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport: CDI, Cambridge Muni, runway 4, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 1,333 total, 11 in this make and model, 1,125 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ZZV, 14 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870813044439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870813044439A), Aug 13, 1987: Amtrmo SONERAI2, Cambridge, OH, Substantial damage. The engine failed to respond. The aircraft hit trees on landing. The throttle cable housing had come loose.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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