# Incident 20000226003249I: Beech 400A, Las Vegas, NV, February 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2000, 09:52 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N718TA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,755 total, 514 in this make and model, 169 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226003249I

## Narrative

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

ENROUTE FROM SFO TO SDL AFTER CLIMBOUT TO FL 370, ARREMPTED TO SET CRUISE POWER AND FOUND LEFT THROTTLE STUCK AND WOULD NOT MOVE FWD OR AFT. CREW MADE DECISION TO DIVERT TO LAS AFTER CONFERRING WITH MAINTENANCE. DURING DESCENT THRU FL220 THTOTTLE BECAME FREE AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AT LAS.  MAITENANCE WILL REPLACE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT THROTTLE CABLES AS RECOMMENDED BY RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT REFERNEC3 COMMUNIQUE #34.  INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RAYTHEON MAINTENANCE CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE HAS BEEN 3 PRIOR INCIDENTS OF THROTTLE CABLES BECOMING STUCK AT ALTITUDE FROM SUSPECTED MOISTURE ENTRY INTO CABLE AND SUBSEQUENT FREEZING.  MAINTENANCE WILL SUBMIT MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT. CLOSED.

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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