# SDR 97ZZZX828

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 4, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N5115E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5115E), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 17271717
- Engine: Lyc O320H2AD
- System (JASC): [7322 · Fuel Control/Reciprocating Engines](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7322)
- Part: Discharge Tube
- Part number: 229164
- Condition: Detached
- Location: Carb Pump
- Component: MA4SPA
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: R
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX828

## Discrepancy

CARBURETOR PUMP DISCHARGE TUBE ASSY CAME ADRIFT INGESTING IN ENGINE, KNOCKING LOOSE THE SOLID COMBUSTION PARTICLES IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WHICH FOULED A NUMBER OF THE SPARK PLUGS SIMULTANEOUSLY LOSING 50 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE POWER.  BEING NEXT TO THE AIRSTRIP, SAFE LANDING WAS MADE.

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