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C172 student pilot experienced a partial power loss while climbing out. They returned to the departure airport and landed without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1353939 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 33 Flight Crew Total 56 Flight Crew Type 45 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Initial cross-country solo. Conducted thorough preflight; including inspection of fuel tanks; fuel sump; and oil levels. No issues observed. Conducted full-power lean and run-up before takeoff- normal magneto drop and carb heat drop. Departed and headed straight to the transition. Frequency change approved approximately 3 miles out; contacted approach and received squawk code. At approximately 3800-4000 msl; engine began running very rough and experienced loss of approx. 200 rpm. Heavy vibrations from engine; visible shaking from cowling; and very loud popping sounds from engine.immediately changed course back contacted tower; informing them of current situation. Tower cleared me for left base for runway xx. Intermittent roughness and occasional temporary rpm drops of up to 50 rpm continued until shutdown; especially at high power settings. Taxi back to parking under own power- informed tower further assistance was not required. Preformed standard shut down; experienced a slight burning odor from the engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 student pilot experienced a partial power loss while climbing out. They returned to the departure airport and landed without incident.
Narrative: Initial cross-country solo. Conducted thorough preflight; including inspection of fuel tanks; fuel sump; and oil levels. No issues observed. Conducted full-power lean and run-up before takeoff- normal magneto drop and carb heat drop. Departed and headed straight to the transition. Frequency change approved approximately 3 miles out; contacted approach and received squawk code. At approximately 3800-4000 msl; engine began running very rough and experienced loss of approx. 200 rpm. Heavy vibrations from engine; visible shaking from cowling; and very loud popping sounds from engine.Immediately changed course back contacted tower; informing them of current situation. Tower cleared me for left base for Runway XX. Intermittent roughness and occasional temporary rpm drops of up to 50 rpm continued until shutdown; especially at high power settings. Taxi back to parking under own power- informed tower further assistance was not required. Preformed standard shut down; experienced a slight burning odor from the engine.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.