# Incident 19971209043359I: Cessna 172, Bisbee, AZ, December 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1997, 08:35 local time
- Place: Bisbee, AZ
- Airport: Bisbee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3689° N, 109.8836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISBEE MUNI (P04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3689&lon=-109.8836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6338E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6338E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 605 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971209043359I

## Narrative

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

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.

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