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C-152 instructor reported an air return due to engine power loss on initial climb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1761224 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 110 Flight Crew Total 750 Flight Crew Type 710 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
I departed runway xx with a student for a flight lesson. We turned left and tower assigned heading of 030 and [to] contact departure. Shortly thereafter; for unknown reasons; the engine dropped from full power ~2300RPM to ~1500RPM for about 5 seconds. I immediately pushed the nose down; took controls from my student with a 3 way handoff; turned toward the field; and [requested priority handling] in the turn back to the airport. At this point the engine smoothed out and seemed to be operating normally; however I was not taking any chances. Another aircraft that was not involved requested the controller to repeat an instruction; and with my close proximity to to the field; being less than a mile; flying toward departing traffic; I decided to switch to tower and not repeat myself on approach frequency. After switching; tower says 'aircraft X what are you doing?' in an obviously concerned voice. I stated I was [requesting priority handling] and landing runway xy. He pointed out the traffic on the departure end of runway xx. I had the traffic in sight before he said that. I called visual with the traffic and stated I was landing xy; which then; tower cleared me to land. I made an uneventful landing on runway xy and taxied back to the ramp to park.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C-152 Instructor reported an air return due to engine power loss on initial climb.
Narrative: I departed Runway XX with a student for a flight lesson. We turned left and Tower assigned heading of 030 and [to] contact Departure. Shortly thereafter; for unknown reasons; the engine dropped from full power ~2300RPM to ~1500RPM for about 5 seconds. I immediately pushed the nose down; took controls from my student with a 3 way handoff; turned toward the field; and [requested priority handling] in the turn back to the airport. At this point the engine smoothed out and seemed to be operating normally; however I was not taking any chances. Another aircraft that was not involved requested the controller to repeat an instruction; and with my close proximity to to the field; being less than a mile; flying toward departing traffic; I decided to switch to Tower and not repeat myself on approach frequency. After switching; Tower says 'Aircraft X what are you doing?' In an obviously concerned voice. I stated I was [requesting priority handling] and landing Runway XY. He pointed out the traffic on the departure end of Runway XX. I had the traffic in sight before he said that. I called visual with the traffic and stated I was landing XY; which then; Tower cleared me to land. I made an uneventful landing on Runway XY and taxied back to the ramp to park.
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.