Barry Hancock
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Posts: 53
Location: Chino, CA
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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:28 am Post subject: Throttle stuck |
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On Apr 5, 2006, at 11:58 PM, Yak-List Digest Server wrote:
| Quote: | You are flying along and its time to land. Problem--the throttle
linkage
separates itself from the carburetor leaving the throttle stuck wide
open.
Otherwise, everything is operating normally. You are near the runway.
How to
get down?
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Speaking of Sun n Fun and this post, it harkened me back to a similar
problem that I faced. I was in tight formation with Walt Fricke and
Jeff Linebaugh climbing out of our final pass at Leeward (still one of
my fondest flying memories) when my prop control seemed to not respond.
As we climbed out of the area to begin our trek north (heading home)
we went to cruise and sure enough I confirmed that my that I did not
have any governing capability from the cockpit. Not a huge deal as we
were headed to an airport 20 miles away and the engine was running
fine, just locked at 74%.
I radioed Walt and Jeff to tell them my problem and we decided to press
ahead to an airport where there would be better support and a hotel
should I have to spend the night.
Well, bad turned to worse when I went to adjust my throttle and got NO
response there, either! I looked down to the friction knob and much to
my horror there it lay on the floor of the cockpit....without the
friction assembly in the throttle quadrant levers, it had no fulcrum or
leverage and was just bowing up and down without moving the
linkage....no prop control, no throttle control...G-R-E-A-T, just
great! Good thing was the engine was making good power and the wings
were still on, but the airplane now had my full freakin' attention.
What to do?
Well, with the M14P, pulling the mixture isn't an option, so just how
was I going to get this thing on the ground....and off the runway? I
separated from Walt and Jeff and came in as a single ship behind them,
told the tower I had a stuck throttle but thought I could manage
getting her down the overhead would be best/safest. The rest is pretty
simple, really. Break mid-field, pull some G's to get some of the
speed off, kill the engine with the mag switch, and play the landing to
arrive about 1/3 down the runway dead sticked. All worked just fine
and I popped the mags for a heartbeat in the flare to help arrest the
sink rate and touched down. From there I was like the driver who
really annoys you on the freeway....mags on when I needed a boost of
thrust to taxi, to off...kept that rolling all the way to the FBO ramp
where I squarely had the attention of anyone with hearing. 
That trip was memorable for many reasons, Murphy was my best friend for
nearly all of the trip...but at least now I have stories to tell my
grandkids.
Barry
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