# Incident 19870407029699I: Piper PA24250, Akron, OH, April 7, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1987, 17:50 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7808P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7808P-1992-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870407029699I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE TO INCREASE POWER ON APPROACH, LANDED SAFELY.  FOUND FAULTY THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE.

## Other reports on N7808P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910518016349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910518016349A), May 18, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N7808P), Ravenna, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Crashed while making steep left turn for short final approach.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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