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Pilot of an small aircraft sel returned and landed downwind on a taxiway after experiencing a severe engine vibration and loss of power.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 313515 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199508 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ful |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ful |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 195 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 313515 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Experienced severe engine vibration. Returned to fullerton. Landed downwind on north side taxiway. Aircraft would not develop sufficient power to maintain altitude. I declared emergency but it was not acknowledged.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL RETURNED AND LANDED DOWNWIND ON A TXWY AFTER EXPERIENCING A SEVERE ENG VIBRATION AND LOSS OF PWR.
Narrative: EXPERIENCED SEVERE ENG VIBRATION. RETURNED TO FULLERTON. LANDED DOWNWIND ON N SIDE TXWY. ACFT WOULD NOT DEVELOP SUFFICIENT PWR TO MAINTAIN ALT. I DECLARED EMER BUT IT WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.