# Incident 20161212024609I: Cessna 172S, December 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2016, 10:35 local time
- Airport: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N117SV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117SV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 140 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161212024609I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SUFFERED INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING INITIAL CLIMB OUT.  CFI ABOARD FELT THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY AND REQUESTED TO RETURN AND LAND.

AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED BACK TO RAMP.

MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING ON ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR LINE FOR #2 CYLINDER HAD A SMALL PINHOLE LEAK NEAR THE "B" NUT ATTACHING TO THE INJECTOR NOZZEL. THIS LINE WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE HAS PERFORMED NORMALLY SINCE THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N117SV (1)

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

- [Incident 20240124003299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240124003299I), Jan 24, 2024: Cessna 172S (N117SV), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. During the third and final lap in the traffic pattern the PIC experienced a bird strike during an instructional flight. The PIC recalled as the aircraft turned…

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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