- Date
- March 29, 1989, 10:23 local (15:23 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4740FCessna P206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890329020339I
- Case key
- 32329
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Probable cause
Failure of the throttle control arm resulting in the loss of engine power. The failure was caused by poor maintenance.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After takeoff while climbing to cruise, the plt pulled the throttle to reduce power, but was unable. He then advised ATC & requested landing on the longest rwy. ATC vectored the acft to the west & when it was 3 miles from the rwy, the eng RPM dropped to idle. The plt landed the acft in a field. An investigation revealed the throttle control arm at the fuel controller failed. Vibration then caused the throttle to vibrate to idle. Reportedly, it was worn & had failed due to poor maintenance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4740F
- Reported as
- Cessna P206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-0340
- Airframe hours
- 4,104
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Williams, Lindy C.
- Registered owner
- Williams, Lindy C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1988 · 270 hours before
- Destination
- MYNN · Nassau, OF
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 725 total · 406 in this make and model · 660 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.