GA small aircraft off airport forced landing due throttle linkage failure.

Attributes
ACN	112536
Time
Date	198905
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : hlc
State Reference	KS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 85 flight time total : 200 flight time type : 190
ASRS Report	112536
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Throttle linkage came loose causing RPM drop resulting in loss of partial power. Pilot detected loss of altitude such as would prevent continuance to the next airport and elected to land in an open unoccupied field. There was no damage to the aircraft or property on the ground. There were no injuries.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA OFF ARPT FORCED LNDG DUE THROTTLE LINKAGE FAILURE.

Narrative: THROTTLE LINKAGE CAME LOOSE CAUSING RPM DROP RESULTING IN LOSS OF PARTIAL POWER. PLT DETECTED LOSS OF ALT SUCH AS WOULD PREVENT CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT ARPT AND ELECTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN UNOCCUPIED FIELD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT OR PROPERTY ON THE GND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.