If a stuck throttle cannot be corrected by abnormal procedures, what is the recommended course of action?

If a stuck throttle cannot be corrected by abnormal procedures, what is the recommended course of action?

• A. Immediately perform a mid-air engine-off landing
• B. Maintain control, follow abnormal procedures, and plan for landing at nearest suitable airstrip
• C. Push the throttle further to try to free it
• D. Ignore and continue flight

Answer: (B)

When a throttle sticks, the priority is to keep the airplane controllable and energy under control. You should follow the published abnormal procedures to try to free the throttle and restore normal power. If those steps don’t fix the issue, the safest course is to plan and execute a landing at the nearest suitable airstrip while continuing to manage airspeed and configuration. This approach minimizes time spent with a malfunction in the system and gives you a prepared, accessible place to land. Pushing the throttle further can worsen the jam or cause unpredictable power changes, and continuing without a plan risks loss of control. An in-flight engine-off landing would be for a complete loss of engine power; with a throttle jam, you still have to work through the abnormal procedures and land at a suitable site.

When a throttle sticks, the priority is to keep the airplane controllable and energy under control. You should follow the published abnormal procedures to try to free the throttle and restore normal power. If those steps don’t fix the issue, the safest course is to plan and execute a landing at the nearest suitable airstrip while continuing to manage airspeed and configuration. This approach minimizes time spent with a malfunction in the system and gives you a prepared, accessible place to land.

Pushing the throttle further can worsen the jam or cause unpredictable power changes, and continuing without a plan risks loss of control. An in-flight engine-off landing would be for a complete loss of engine power; with a throttle jam, you still have to work through the abnormal procedures and land at a suitable site.