ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160368
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| Date: | Monday 9 September 2013 |
| Time: | 13:28 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N42EP |
| MSN: | 17269777 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9486 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Beach Airport (KLGB), Long Beach, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | EL MONTE, CA (CL27) |
| EL MONTE, CA (CL27) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, following a touch-and-go landing, he began a normal climb. Shortly after, the engine “sputtered” and lost power. The pilot initiated a forced landing to the remaining runway. Subsequently, the airplane landed hard and then came to rest upright. Postaccident examination of the engine revealed pliable debris, similar to silicone, within the carburetor mixture metering sleeve, which would have restricted the fuel flow and produced a lean fuel-air mixture and resulted in the loss of engine power. The source of the debris could not be determined. No additional evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure was found that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power during initial climb due to debris within the carburetor mixture metering sleeve.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2013 04:43 | Geno | Added |
| 10-Sep-2013 16:03 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2013 19:39 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 09:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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