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(Video) Piper Stuck at Full Throttle with Family Onboard
A video for weekend viewing. Family of 4 on a piper when the throttle cable breaks, and by design, is stuck at full throttle. He’s flying way above gear speed, only has control of mixture and prop. Great teamwork getting the mechanic on the phone with ATC - and some troubleshooting before forced to make a power off landing.. (m.youtube.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Thanks for sharing. Now we've all been through that situation.
So calm and collect during the entire emergency, yet once on the ground, you can see all of the emotions roll over his face.
I had this happen long ago (1970's) with a student on his first ride in a Cherokee 140. I was demonstrating how when you reduce power to zero the plane doesn't fall out of the sky. The cable disconnected I think at the throttle end and the power was at idle and stayed there. Fortunately we were right over an airport (X26) at 3000 feet and we landed there without problems. The plane was fresh out of annual and I think they screwed this up somehow.
It was a quadrant throttle in this particular Cherokee. I have wondered if it disconnects at the throttle end with the throttle at idle does it stay at idle?
BTW in 45 years of flying, this was my only "engine failure" and my only real emergency. I guess I've been lucky.
BTW in 45 years of flying, this was my only "engine failure" and my only real emergency. I guess I've been lucky.
Piper along with the FAA I believe, issued an AD in the early ‘70s to replace or check the throttle cable and the over center spring as well. Apparently instead of flinging the throttle wide open the engine just rolled back to idle? I’m not sure if all carbureted Pipers with the newer throttle quadrant were affected or just the older vernier control types?
So- SO MUCH HAPPIER ending than what I watched happen in KVRB back in the early 2000`s as two couples departed RR29 in a Cessna T210 and they experienced a broken throttle linkage and the engine went to "idle power". They were not able to complete their turn back to the airport and crashed killing all 4 souls onboard. My wife and I had just landed in our Malibu and witnessed the entire happening. Terrible experience. Almost quit flying over it. So happy this little Family had a safe outcome! Bless them! Thinking an AD resulting from this accident was issued on C210`s Throttle Assembly.