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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Charleston, WV · September 30, 1996

Date: September 30, 1996 · 13:25 local
Place: Charleston, WV
Airport: Yeager
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5297M
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 41 total41 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N5297MRegistered now · Cessna 152S/N 15284518 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while conducting solo cross country requirement, student pilot experienced rough engine operation during departure from crw. Pilot requested and received ATC clearance for return to airport. A/c landed without further incident. Inspection of aircraft revealed engine fuel primer lines had fractured and separated at #2 & #4 cylinder head fittings, causing extreme lean fuel/air mixture. Copper primer lines separated at soldered joint to threaded connector. Failure consistent with cyclic fatigue. Component time in service: 5554.0 hrs estimated. 8010-4 malfunction defect report submitted to AFS-640.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE CONDUCTING SOLO CROSS COUNTRY REQUIREMENT, STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED ROUGH ENGINE OPERATION DURING DEPARTURE FROM CRW. PILOT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED ATC CLEARANCE FOR RETURN TO AIRPORT. A/C LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED ENGINE FUEL PRIMER LINES HAD FRACTURED AND SEPARATED AT #2 & #4 CYLINDER HEAD FITTINGS, CAUSING EXTREME LEAN FUEL/AIR MIXTURE. COPPER PRIMER LINES SEPARATED AT SOLDERED JOINT TO THREADED CONNECTOR. FAILURE CONSISTENT WITH CYCLIC FATIGUE. COMPONENT TIME IN SERVICE: 5554.0 HRS ESTIMATED. 8010-4 MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO AFS-640.