Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 172F

Difficulty date
August 24, 2008
Submitted
September 23, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8546U
Make and model
Cessna 172F
Aircraft serial
17252446
Engine
Cont O300D
Part
Engine
Condition
Power Loss
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AC WAS NOT OPERATING UNDER PART 135, IT WAS UNDER PART 91 FLIGHT WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. PILOT STATEMENT "ENROUTE, AS WE CRESTED THE MOUNTAINS, THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING, AND RPMS WERE DROPPING. APPLIED CARB HEAT, TRIED SWITCHING BETWEEN FUEL TANKS, MAGNETOS, AND THE RPMS KEPT DROPPING. WE THEN WENT THROUGH THE FORMAL CHECK LIST TO NO AVAIL. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT RADAR FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED. WE MADE THE EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE FACILITY AND CAME TO A FULL STOP. DURING THE DESCENT, TRIED STARTING THE ENGINE MULTIPLE TIME, BUT IT DIDN’T START. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE PLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED.

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