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PA-28 pilot reported landing safely after an apparent throttle cable malfunction resulted in loss of throttle control.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1451211 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Throttle/Power Lever |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 78 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Was performing ground reference maneuvers. Upon descent for landing; I pulled back the throttle all the way and noticed that it only went down to 2200 RPM (it usually goes down to 1500 RPM). I tried to troubleshoot the problem; and then it seemed like the throttle cable snapped and was stuck at full power (2500 RPM). I was near an airport; and was high and well within gliding distance. I cut the mixture to the point where the RPM would die down; but the engine was still running so I can bring all my flaps in. A mile away from the runway numbers I cut the mixture all the way when I was assured I would make the runway. A safe landing was made; and no damage was done to the aircraft or to anything else.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28 pilot reported landing safely after an apparent throttle cable malfunction resulted in loss of throttle control.
Narrative: Was performing ground reference maneuvers. Upon descent for landing; I pulled back the throttle all the way and noticed that it only went down to 2200 RPM (it usually goes down to 1500 RPM). I tried to troubleshoot the problem; and then it seemed like the throttle cable snapped and was stuck at full power (2500 RPM). I was near an airport; and was high and well within gliding distance. I cut the mixture to the point where the RPM would die down; but the engine was still running so I can bring all my flaps in. A mile away from the runway numbers I cut the mixture all the way when I was assured I would make the runway. A safe landing was made; and no damage was done to the aircraft or to anything else.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.