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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Fort Myers, FL · July 1, 2021

Date: July 1, 2021 · 19:36 local
Place: Fort Myers, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N100ZW
Reported as: Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine: Continental IO-550-N
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,506 total

N100ZWRegistered now · Cirrus Design SR22S/N 4086 · Built 2014 Airframe modelCirrus Design SR22 Engine modelContinental IO-550-NReciprocating

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What happened

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

During descent and approach to land at ft. Myers, FL (kfmy) flight instructor and student experienced a stuck throttle. Instructor could not add power to control descent. The instructor was eventually able to free the stuck throttle but engine did not respond to inputs. Rather than initiate an emergency landing in a subdivision the instructor elected to deploy the caps and land in the river, away from populated areas. Subsequent inspection of the aircraft by the NTSB it was determined that the throttle cable had separated from the swedged fitting that attaches to the fuel servo.

As the FAA filed it

DURING DESCENT AND APPROACH TO LAND AT FT. MYERS, FL (KFMY) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT EXPERIENCED A STUCK THROTTLE. INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT ADD POWER TO CONTROL DESCENT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO FREE THE STUCK THROTTLE BUT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO INPUTS. RATHER THAN INITIATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SUBDIVISION THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO DEPLOY THE CAPS AND LAND IN THE RIVER, AWAY FROM POPULATED AREAS. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE NTSB IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SWEDGED FITTING THAT ATTACHES TO THE FUEL SERVO.