Service difficulty report · Gear · Emb EMB500

Difficulty date
November 1, 2012
Submitted
November 1, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N648DX
Make and model
Emb EMB500
Aircraft serial
50000176
Aircraft time
1,674 hours, 2,197 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW617FE
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Gear
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Throttle
Part time
1,674 hours, 2,197 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON APPROACH, PILOT UNABLE TO RETARD THE RT THROTTLE COMPLETELY. A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. INSPECTION REVEALED ONE OF THE DUST COVER SEGMENTS FOR THAT THROTTLE WAS NOT MOVING IN SEQUENCE WITH THROTTLE MOVEMENT. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TAB THAT HOOKS THE DEFECTIVE SEGMENT TO THE NEXT SEGMENT HAD BROKEN AND DROPPED INTO THE ACTUATOR GEARS INSIDE THE THROTTLE QUADRANT PREVENTING COMPLETE THROTTLE LEVER MOVEMENT. THE THROTTLE JAM OCCURRED DURING DESCENDING POWER LEVER MOVEMENT AND NOT IN SOME OTHER FLIGHT CRITICAL PHASE OF OPERATION.

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