# Incident 20210701012129I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Fort Myers, FL, July 1, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2021, 19:36 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100ZW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100ZW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,506 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210701012129I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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