# Incident 20160402003999I: Piper PA-28-140, Chesterfield, MO, April 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2016, 22:20 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6621W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6621W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160402003999I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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