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ATL87DEK03

1987-08-13 · CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport CDI

N348KE has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-4, built 1998), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_ATL87DEK03.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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