20160111001779I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Tulsa, OK · January 11, 2016

Date: January 11, 2016 · 10:30 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N170RB
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-360
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N170RBRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S11130 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming IO-360-L2AReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

privacy data omitted, A&Pprivacy data omitted installed the powerplant following the powerplant overhaul. During the installation the fuel line from the fuel servo to the flow devider was not secured properly at the b-nut where it attaches to the fuel servo. During the flight the fuel line loosened at the fuel servo fitting causing a fuel leak and allowing a loss of fuel pressure to the flow devider causing the powerplant to shut down due to fuel starvation.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A&P^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTALLED THE POWERPLANT FOLLOWING THE POWERPLANT OVERHAUL. DURING THE INSTALLATION THE FUEL LINE FROM THE FUEL SERVO TO THE FLOW DEVIDER WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY AT THE B-NUT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE FUEL SERVO. DURING THE FLIGHT THE FUEL LINE LOOSENED AT THE FUEL SERVO FITTING CAUSING A FUEL LEAK AND ALLOWING A LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE TO THE FLOW DEVIDER CAUSING THE POWERPLANT TO SHUT DOWN DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.