Service difficulty report · Throttle Cable · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
May 24, 2014
Submitted
May 30, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N60H
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft serial
17261653
Aircraft time
2,605 hours
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Throttle Cable
Part number
C1014
Part serial
614
Condition
Separated
Location
Carburettor
Part time
2,605 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON FINAL FOR LANDING, PILOT REDUCED POWER BACK TO IDLE AND THAN WAS UNABLE TO INCREASE POWER. THROTTLE CONTROL WOULD MOVE IN AND OUT BUT HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGINE POWER, IT REMAINED AT IDLE. ACFT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE BUT HAD TO BE DISASSEMBLED TO BE REMOVED. DURING INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD SEPARATED, AT THE CARBURETOR END, WHERE THE FLEXIBLE OUTER CASING OF THE CABLE IS SWAGGED TO THE RIGID PORTION OF THE CABLE.

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