ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219660
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| Date: | Monday 17 December 2018 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Orange Wings Aviation Academy |
| Registration: | N4886B |
| MSN: | 152-83691 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14845 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Broward County, Plantation, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, FL (LAL/KLAL) |
| Pompano Beach Airport, FL (PPM/KPMP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot reported that, while conducting a personal, cross-country flight and descending from cruise level, the engine began gradually losing power, so he applied carburetor heat, which initially restored cruise power. Several minutes later, the engine again lost partial power and began to vibrate. The engine continued to lose power, and the airplane was unable to maintain altitude. The pilot chose to execute a forced landing on a field, during which the nosewheel dug into the ground, and the airplane subsequently nosed over.
Examination of the engine revealed that the No. 1 intake valve was stuck in the valve guide and that the upper valve spring seat on the No. 1 cylinder was broken. Detailed examination revealed contact marks on the interior and end faces of the valve keeper and pitting and radial cracks in the intake valve head. The valve springs' strength was found to be within serviceable limits. The rocker arm contact wear pattern on the valve tip was abnormal.
It is likely that, during operation, the intake valve keeper was dislodged and then became wedged in the valve spring seat until the valve spring seat fractured, at which time the intake valve became stuck in the valve guide. This resulted in a loss of compression to that cylinder and the subsequent partial loss of engine power. The contact marks on the interior and end faces of the valve keeper indicate that the keeper had been dislodged for some time while the engine operated and that the valve spring seat was intact. The pitting and radial cracks in the intake valve head indicate that the engine was operated while the valve was not seating properly, which is also consistent with operation with a dislodged valve keeper. The lack of a normal rocker arm contact wear pattern on the valve tip indicates that the valve keeper likely became dislodged soon after the valve was placed into service.
The engine manufacturer's Operator's Manual recommended periodic inspections (every 400 flight hours) of the intake valve. During a review of the engine maintenance records, no records were found indicating whether the periodic valve inspections were completed. If these inspections had been completed, the abnormal wear pattern on the valve and the dislodged valve keeper would likely have been detected.
Probable Cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the No. 1 cylinder's valve keeper becoming dislodged, which ultimately resulted in the intake valve becoming stuck in the valve guide and in the loss of compression to the cylinder.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4886B
Location
Media:
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— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) 17 décembre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2018 22:14 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Dec-2018 23:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 19-Apr-2020 07:05 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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