19971209043359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Bisbee, AZ · December 9, 1997

Date: December 9, 1997 · 08:35 local
Place: Bisbee, AZ
Airport: Bisbee Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6338E
Reported as: Cessna 172
Reported engine: Continental O300A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total605 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N6338ERegistered now · Cessna 172S/N 46438 · Built 1959 Airframe modelCessna 172 Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: pilot took off from PO4(Bisbee airport, AZ) at approx. 0835 hrs (MST), dat was 34DEGREE f. at 150 ft. (AGL). The engine began missing. Pilot manipulated the mixture control and switched from left fuel tank to right fuel tank. Engine quit and pilot made emergency landing in desert just beyond the runway #017. There were no injuries to the pilot and the only obvious to the aircraft was the minor damage to the r/h wing tip, a bent prop and damaged wheel pant. Further investigation found ice in fuel line.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT TOOK OFF FROM PO4(BISBEE AIRPORT, AZ) AT APPROX. 0835 HRS (MST), DAT WAS 34DEGREE F. AT 150 FT. (AGL). THE ENGINE BEGAN MISSING. PILOT MANIPULATED THE MIXTURE CONTROL AND SWITCHED FROM LEFT FUEL TANK TO RIGHT FUEL TANK. ENGINE QUIT AND PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN DESERT JUST BEYOND THE RUNWAY #017. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND THE ONLY OBVIOUS TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE R/H WING TIP, A BENT PROP AND DAMAGED WHEEL PANT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND ICE IN FUEL LINE.