jesse
Touchdown! Greaser!
I was kind of hopeing I'd never have to write a post like this. But at least I'm still here to write the post.
So. I recentely obtained my complex and high performance checkout and decided I'd go up with a friend for my first solo flight. This was in a Beechcraft Sierra.
Everything went pretty much like normal, Did the runup, took off and headed to the practice area. I climbed to about 3000 ft or so AGL and did a few clearing turns. My friend wanted to see a stall. I Dropped the gear went in slow flight with flaps, pulled the power and did the stall . This is where things got interesting, I went to recover from the stall and the throttle moved about one inch forward. That was it. Without even thinking I pitched for best glide and did a steep turn for the airport and raised the gear. I then tried to push the throttle as hard as I could but it still wouldn't budge. I had about 30% power if that. I tried rotating it, I tried everything. It was <b>stuck</b>. I leaned it out to get more power
I then contacted approach, declared an emergency and did some quick math to see if I'd make the airport. Turns out I should make the airport. I couldn't maintain altitude at all. I continuted to fight the throttle, But still nothing. I just watched the altitude tick away and the airport get closer. My passenger's face was a bit white. I then went over the emergency procedures incase we weren't going to make the airport. I continuted to look for good fields around and there was several . I finally ended up getting about 1 mile from the airport and it was obvious. I'll make it. I kept it high on final. Dropped the gear, added a tad bit of flaps and kept myself way above the glideslope. This runway was 9,500 ft. I then dropped the gear and put it in a slip . I wondered if I'd be able to pull the power when I needed to. If not I'd just kill the engine. I went over it all in my head about 50 times and verified that the gear was down multiple times. It seemed like a long final.
I knew I had the runway made and pulled like hell on the throttle and it came back to idle. I made a very smooth landing and it had just enough power to taxi back to the FBO.
All in all it went well, I was very cool headed and thought everything through completely.
So. I recentely obtained my complex and high performance checkout and decided I'd go up with a friend for my first solo flight. This was in a Beechcraft Sierra.
Everything went pretty much like normal, Did the runup, took off and headed to the practice area. I climbed to about 3000 ft or so AGL and did a few clearing turns. My friend wanted to see a stall. I Dropped the gear went in slow flight with flaps, pulled the power and did the stall . This is where things got interesting, I went to recover from the stall and the throttle moved about one inch forward. That was it. Without even thinking I pitched for best glide and did a steep turn for the airport and raised the gear. I then tried to push the throttle as hard as I could but it still wouldn't budge. I had about 30% power if that. I tried rotating it, I tried everything. It was <b>stuck</b>. I leaned it out to get more power
I then contacted approach, declared an emergency and did some quick math to see if I'd make the airport. Turns out I should make the airport. I couldn't maintain altitude at all. I continuted to fight the throttle, But still nothing. I just watched the altitude tick away and the airport get closer. My passenger's face was a bit white. I then went over the emergency procedures incase we weren't going to make the airport. I continuted to look for good fields around and there was several . I finally ended up getting about 1 mile from the airport and it was obvious. I'll make it. I kept it high on final. Dropped the gear, added a tad bit of flaps and kept myself way above the glideslope. This runway was 9,500 ft. I then dropped the gear and put it in a slip . I wondered if I'd be able to pull the power when I needed to. If not I'd just kill the engine. I went over it all in my head about 50 times and verified that the gear was down multiple times. It seemed like a long final.
I knew I had the runway made and pulled like hell on the throttle and it came back to idle. I made a very smooth landing and it had just enough power to taxi back to the FBO.
All in all it went well, I was very cool headed and thought everything through completely.
