# Incident 20161122018629I: Props Richey D LONG EZE, November 22, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2016, 12:40 local time
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4281X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4281X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Props Richey D LONG EZE (registry code 056903V, https://openairdocs.org/model/props-richey-d-long-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PROPS RICHEY D LONG EZE
- Reported engine: ECI OX-340CC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 290 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161122018629I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM PRESCOTT ON ITS WAY TO CALIFORNIA. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS REACHING 12,000 FT AND GETTING READY TO LEVEL OFF THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISFIRE INTERMITTENTLY. THE PILOT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES TO THE WEST OF PRESCOTT (PRC) AND HE DECIDED NOT TO LAND A BAGDAD AIRPORT. HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND NOTIFIED THEM HE WAS HAVING ENGINE ISSUES AND WISHED TO RETURN TO PRC. HE TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT, AND ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE HAD REDUCED POWER HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN 11,000 FT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER PRC. HE TALKED TO PRC TOWER AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND. HE CIRCLED TO LAND AND STATED THAT THE TOWER WAS VERY HELPFUL AND THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DIVERT ANY OF THE TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AND WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO ITS? HANGER WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS.

THE PILOT/MECHANIC AND OTHER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAVE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE CYLINDERS HAD BURNT VALVES. A REPLACEMENT CYLINDER HASS PUT ON ORDER AND WILL BE REPLACED WHEN THE PILOT RETURNS FROM AN EXTENDED VACATION AT THE END OF JANUARY 2017

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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