The pilot of a vans rv-8 reported power loss in cruise flight. He declared an emergency and diverted...

Attributes
ACN	930166
Time
Date	201101
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	RV-8
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

The engine abruptly lost power during cruise. I established best glide and reversed course to proceed to the closest field. I declared an emergency with approach and stated my intentions and also that I had a partial power loss. I switched to advisory frequency when over the field and made an uneventful landing. I called approach immediately after landing to terminate the emergency. The cause of the power loss was a broken fuel injection line from the distribution spider to the fuel injector at the #4 cylinder. The engine is a lycoming io-360a1a with approximately 500 hours since major overhaul.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a Vans RV-8 reported power loss in cruise flight. He declared an emergency and diverted to the nearest suitable airport; where maintenance inspection revealed a broken fuel injection line to the low time Lycoming IO-360A1A.

Narrative: The engine abruptly lost power during cruise. I established best glide and reversed course to proceed to the closest field. I declared an emergency with Approach and stated my intentions and also that I had a partial power loss. I switched to advisory frequency when over the field and made an uneventful landing. I called Approach immediately after landing to terminate the emergency. The cause of the power loss was a broken fuel injection line from the distribution spider to the fuel injector at the #4 cylinder. The engine is a Lycoming IO-360A1A with approximately 500 hours since major overhaul.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

The pilot of a vans rv-8 reported power loss in cruise flight. He declared an emergency and diverted to the nearest suitable airport; where maintenance inspection revealed a broken fuel injection line to the low time lycoming io-360a1a.