Alon; Inc Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180; Flight Crew Total 1600; Flight Crew Type 7
Confusion; Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Inflight Event / Encounter Object
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
I departed mid morning to checkout a student in an ER Coupe. We climbed to 2;600 FT MSL and practiced slow flight and stalls. About twenty minutes after takeoff we attempted to recover from the slow flight/stall condition by increasing the throttle but we did not receive an increase in RPMs. We assume the throttle cable to the engine broke. The engine remained at idle and we circled over a field and glided to land on the farm below. There was minimal damage to the airplane which included some dents on the left wing which hit some corn stalks and one of the tires popped. The student and I were the only two in the aircraft and neither of us was hurt.
An ER Coupe D engine would not accelerate above idle while recovering from slow flight/stall practice so the instructor landed in a nearby corn field resulting in minimal aircraft damage and a blown tire.