C182 pilot reported that a leak in the engine air intake resulted in a loss of power during approach...

Attributes
ACN	1706787
Time
Date	201912
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Intake Assembly
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 602 Flight Crew Type 350
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While waiting to get a special VFR (visual flight rules) approach the engine began losing power; so ATC was advised. Upon landing safely at the airport a mechanic inspected the engine and discovered that the crossover tube to the air intake had severed causing the engine to suck too much air and not enough fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C182 pilot reported that a leak in the engine air intake resulted in a loss of power during approach.

Narrative: While waiting to get a Special VFR (Visual Flight Rules) approach the engine began losing power; so ATC was advised. Upon landing safely at the airport a Mechanic inspected the engine and discovered that the crossover tube to the air intake had severed causing the engine to suck too much air and not enough fuel.

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.