>Back in the day when I was flying club rentals, we had well used >C-140's. One day, on final at ~1800rpm, I pull the throttle and >nothing, still 1800, sawed the throttle back and forth some and it >went to idle. WTH! A check showed the throttle cable was loose in >the clamp at the carb. What surprised me was the cable. It was >little more then a lawn mower cable. Very primitive. A week later a >new guy with his really nice C-140 had a similar issue at about >2100. Nor realizing the problem, he tried to go around and ended up >hanging nose down in the tops of 50' trees. No injuries but the >plane was a write off. >-- >Wayne DeLisle Sr. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You might want to check to see if the A&P working on your airplanes actually has a license. With the proper clamp, properly installed, that should never happen. Larry Flesner
