# Incident 20160917009719I: Bowden Mark H QCU CH II, Mt. Carmel, AL, September 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2016, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mt. Carmel, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N924PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bowden Mark H QCU CH II (registry code 05619JE, https://openairdocs.org/model/bowden-mark-h-qcu-ch-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 DCDI (registry code 55566, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOWDEN MARK H QCU CH II
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,006 total, 743 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160917009719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR 15 MINUTES, AT 1500 MSL, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH.  ENGINE POWER BEGAN DECREASING. ADVANCING THE THROTTLE PROVIDED VERY LITTLE EXTRA POWER AND RESULTED IN DECREASED RPM.  PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AND LANDED WITH MINOR DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT EXAMINED THE ENGINE AND FOUND ONE OF THE CARBURETORS WAS DRIPPING WET AND COOL TO THE TOUCH. THE AIRCRAFT HAS HAD EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY DEFECT. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  CARBURETOR ICING WAS POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR THE REDUCTION IN POWER IN THE AIRCRAFT.  THE TEMPERATURE AT TAKEOFF WAS IN THE HIGH 70'S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY.  THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED AT A FUTURE DATE.

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