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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Chesterfield, MO · April 2, 2016

Date: April 2, 2016 · 22:20 local
Place: Chesterfield, MO
Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N6621W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming O-320-E2A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N6621WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-20717 · Built 1965 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot took off from sullivan regional airport(uuv); after take off pilot was unable to retard the engine power due to a jammed throttle. Pilot declared an emergency and elected to land at a location with better facilities and longer runway Spirit of st. Louis airport(sus). Using fuel mixture to control engine power pilot was able to land uneventfully. privacy data omitted Investigated the throttle problem, discovered carburetor butterfly valve jammed due to a missing screw and the other screw was loose.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM SULLIVAN REGIONAL AIRPORT(UUV); AFTER TAKE OFF PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RETARD THE ENGINE POWER DUE TO A JAMMED THROTTLE. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ELECTED TO LAND AT A LOCATION WITH BETTER FACILITIES AND LONGER RUNWAY SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT(SUS). USING FUEL MIXTURE TO CONTROL ENGINE POWER PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND UNEVENTFULLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INVESTIGATED THE THROTTLE PROBLEM, DISCOVERED CARBURETOR BUTTERFLY VALVE JAMMED DUE TO A MISSING SCREW AND THE OTHER SCREW WAS LOOSE.