# Incident 19970429014829I: Piper PA28161, Peoria, AZ, April 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1997, 13:05 local time
- Place: Peoria, AZ
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VJ3R
- Location: 33.5806° N, 112.2374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5806&lon=-112.2374&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47717, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47717-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,356 total, 350 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970429014829I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A LOCAL POST MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT THE THROTTLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE BEYOND THE IDLE POSITION. PLEASANT VALLEY AIRPORT WAS NEARBY AND SELECTED FOR THE UNEVENTFUL LANDING WHERE THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED OVER NIGHT. INVESTIGATED & FOUND THE THROTTLE SHAFT & BUSHING HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N47717 (1)

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

- [Accident 20130506006209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130506006209A), May 6, 2013: Piper PA-28-161 (N47717), Cottonwood, AZ, Substantial damage. During a telephone conversation with [privacy data omitted] (pilot of N47717) on may 7, 2013 at 14:33, he stated that he had flown N47717 from Oklahoma with an…

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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