JonJay
Well Known Member
An RV4 dead sticked into KTMK, Tillamook OR.
I was flying the Bucker and noticed him on the ramp with a buddies truck next to it, cowling off.
He said he flew into Pacific City, a small coastal airport about 20nm away. He said his engine was running rough at the time but making “good power”. He decided to take off and try to fly home, somewhere in Washington State. He performed a series of circles over Pacific City until he was at 10k feet, then headed north. He figured at 10k, he had options, and he needed it….
Still at 10k over KTMK, the engine dramatically got rougher, he decided to land. During decent, it quit altogether. I am told he made an excellent landing by my buddy who heard his emergency radio call and assisted in pushing off the runway to the ramp.
The intake flange had “fallen off” and was hanging on the tube. The flange bolts, of course, were gone. I had some spare bolts at my hangar and a gasket. Engine ran great and he was back in the air headed home.
I asked him who did his CI? He skirted the question.
Scott mentioned in another post something that applies here. These things don’t happen overnight. I have a hard time believing that the flange bolts were checked at his last CI, or how many prior? I rarely find mine have lost any torque at all in a years time.
I was flying the Bucker and noticed him on the ramp with a buddies truck next to it, cowling off.
He said he flew into Pacific City, a small coastal airport about 20nm away. He said his engine was running rough at the time but making “good power”. He decided to take off and try to fly home, somewhere in Washington State. He performed a series of circles over Pacific City until he was at 10k feet, then headed north. He figured at 10k, he had options, and he needed it….
Still at 10k over KTMK, the engine dramatically got rougher, he decided to land. During decent, it quit altogether. I am told he made an excellent landing by my buddy who heard his emergency radio call and assisted in pushing off the runway to the ramp.
The intake flange had “fallen off” and was hanging on the tube. The flange bolts, of course, were gone. I had some spare bolts at my hangar and a gasket. Engine ran great and he was back in the air headed home.
I asked him who did his CI? He skirted the question.
Scott mentioned in another post something that applies here. These things don’t happen overnight. I have a hard time believing that the flange bolts were checked at his last CI, or how many prior? I rarely find mine have lost any torque at all in a years time.
If it runs.
