# Incident 20020301005159I: Piper PA12, Wilmington, NC, March 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2002, 09:12 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020301005159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE RUBBER GASKET SEALING THE AIR CLEANER TO THE AIR INTAKE HOUSING HAD BECOME DISLODGED AND WAS PROTRUDING INTO, AND RESTRICTING THE AIR FLOW INTO THE CARBURETOR, CAUSING THE LOSS OF RPM.

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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