ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289015
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| Date: | Monday 1 August 2011 |
| Time: | 20:05 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | Leading Edge Aviation |
| Registration: | N235GW |
| MSN: | 172S9235 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4153 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Syracuse, Utah -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) |
| Ogden Municipal Airport, UT (OGD/KOGD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that during cruise flight, the engine started running rough and began losing power. The pilot manipulated the throttle and mixture controls, but the engine continued losing power. All engine power was lost on approach during the forced landing to an alfalfa field, and the airplane nosed over during the landing roll. The engine had received a factory major overhaul and was installed in the airplane about 14 operational hours before the accident. Since installation, it had not received any maintenance. Postaccident examination of the engine found that the B-nut fitting on the fuel supply hose that goes from the fuel injection servo to the distribution spider was loose, which caused a fuel starvation-induced loss of engine power. No other mechanical malfunctions or failures were identified that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The failure of the maintenance technicians who installed the engine to properly tighten the fuel injection servo to a spider supply line, which caused a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR11LA362
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 08:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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