# Incident 19960930033839I: Cessna 152, Charleston, WV, September 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1996, 13:25 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5297M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5297M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960930033839I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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