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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Woodville, TX · December 10, 2003

Date: December 10, 2003 · 07:50 local
Place: Woodville, TX
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4428Q
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total300 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N4428QRegistration cancelled Dec 29, 2014 · Cessna 172MS/N 17261707 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) While in climbing flight, the pilot experienced a sudden reduction in power. A scan of the aircraft engine instruments revealed a low engine oil pressure. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft to return to the airport which he had departed 10 minutes earlier. Within approximately 3 nautical miles from the airport the aircraft engine began to vibrate violently and the oil pressure dropped into the red. The pilot had to reduce power to a setting that would not allow the aircraft to sustain flight. An emergency landing was initiated with damage limited to the left wing tip. Post examination of the aircraft engine showed an excessive amount of carbon buildup from the #3 engine cylinder. This carbon had broken loose over the 1400+ hours of operation of the engine and found its way into the oil sump. The oil pick up screen that filters the oil to the oil pump had become plugged allowing no oil to get to the oil pump causing oil starvation to the engine. No further action.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE IN CLIMBING FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN REDUCTION IN POWER. A SCAN OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE INSTRUMENTS REVEALED A LOW ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT WHICH HE HAD DEPARTED 10 MINUTES EARLIER. WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 3 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY AND THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED INTO THE RED. THE PILOT HAD TO REDUCE POWER TO A SETTING THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS INITIATED WITH DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE LEFT WING TIP. POST EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SHOWED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CARBON BUILDUP FROM THE #3 ENGINE CYLINDER. THIS CARBON HAD BROKEN LOOSE OVER THE 1400+ HOURS OF OPERATION OF THE ENGINE AND FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE OIL SUMP. THE OIL PICK UP SCREEN THAT FILTERS THE OIL TO THE OIL PUMP HAD BECOME PLUGGED ALLOWING NO OIL TO GET TO THE OIL PUMP CAUSING OIL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE. NO FURTHER ACTION.

Other reports on N4428Q · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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