Please do post any info; your accident investigating web site seems
incomplete, unless I don't know where to look. Was this 912 eight
years old and how many hours? And if engines had emotions, training
duty is their private hell, and rental is purgatory (not your flying
of course; always the other guys).
A friend has a fleet of banner towing planes, with the otherwise
rugged Lycoming O-320. But in many years of "draggin' rags," he has a
collection of metallic chunks poured from removed cylinders (and
soiled shorts) that'll shiver yer timbers. Of course, doesn't have
those items that littered the countryside.
Regards,
Fred F., A063
Peter Zutrauen wrote:
> Here in Ottawa, one of the Katana's I rented had it's 912 quit on another
> renter on Thursday, requiring the instructor in the plane to land in a local
> field. No injuries, and only moderate damage to the plane. First real engine
> failure for this FBO in 8 years of running a fleet of 5 Katana's for
> training (the only other one was caused by an oil-line chaffing blowout).
>
> I'm posting this here only because I know this outfit run's a very well
> maintained commercial fleet, and the engine in question failed
> catastrophically with a thrown rod (as per a phone conversation with the
> FBO). The plane is being looked out now in detail and I'll try an post a
> more detailed failure analysis when/if it's available.
>
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