X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost02.isp.att.net ([207.115.11.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with ESMTP id 2450145 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:43:37 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.115.11.52; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from fwebmail14.isp.att.net ([207.115.9.154]) by bellsouth.net (frfwmhc02) with SMTP id <20071101144259H020078ee2e>; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:42:59 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [207.115.9.154] Received: from [64.250.199.54] by fwebmail14.isp.att.net; Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:42:58 +0000 From: "Kelly Troyer" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: reason # 11 Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:42:58 +0000 Message-Id: <110120071442.22257.4729E5F0000A0F83000056F122230650629B0A02D29B9B0EBF019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 30 2007) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_22257_1193928178_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_22257_1193928178_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bob, Friend you did "Good"..........Fly the Airplane !! -- Kelly Troyer "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2 "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold -------------- Original message from Bob Tilley : -------------- > Ok folks, > > Here's the story! Got signed off to fly my first short solo cross > country! YEAH!!!! Took off, got to altitude, leveled out, got speed > to 90 knots, everything was good in the world! Then I picked up a > miss in the engine. OSH... (or something like that), thought my wife > is really going to get MAD. Then thought "Fly the Plane". Said to > myself, "no say it out loud", (a promise I made to myself during Paul > Connors investigation). So aloud I said "FLY THE D... PLANE" ;-). > Pulled Power back to around 1700 or so. Looked around to pick a spot > to ditch it. Decided it would probably glide back to the airport. Set > up best glide while making a 180. Looked at what was between me an > the airport and didn't get a calming felling in my stomach. Figured > it was probably better to head south to fly along a 4 lane road, back > to the airport. Had time to try to diagnose the problem. Felt to me I > had lost a cylinder. Tried one mag first, then the other to no avail. > Pulled carb heat, no luck, ran the same. Eased back on the mixture in > case the carb was dumping to much fuel, again no luck. Rechecked my > flight path and was concerned I would make the field. About this time > I lost another cylinder. Pucker factor!! So it became obvious I > wasn't going to make it back to that airport. But there was one about > 2-3 miles due south. Took a left 90 degrees and headed for the east > end of the abandoned runway. Needed a little more power to insure I > would come in with enough alt. Since the engine was running worse, I > eased the power in to try to get 1500 rpm. Worked! Well for about > that long. Lost another cylinder. Now I at 900 to 1000 rpm and that > airfield is out of the question. Called Dawson unicom and notified > them of my intent to put it down in a field next to the Pecan VOR. > Turned left into the field, as apposed to right toward the pine trees > and the end of the runway I was not going to make. NOW THE ENGIINE > QUITS. I was at about 100 ft agl. and made the mistake of not putting > the rest of the flaps down. But that worked out OK. Dropped down to > just above the cotton, and held it off as long as I could. Then the > Pucker factor really kicked in!!!!! MY GOD LOOK HOW BIG THOSE TREES > ARE!! And they are come real fast!!! Finally it just dropped those > last 4 feet. I put on the brakes hard but not so hard as to flip me > over. Came to a rest 50 feet from the trees. Total distance from > touchdown to stop, 100 yards. LONG SIGH!!!!. Tried to radio the > airport I was down and OK to no avail. Walked 200 yds to the road and > waited to company to arrive. And boy did it ever. Airport had called > the Emergency rescue and every body else in the world. TV station > came, etc. > > I now KNOW what it feels like to ditch, that's a plus. There was NO > damage to the plane, another plus. Except the engine of course. It > eat a valve in the #1 cylinder. Which probably cluttered up the rings > in the others, we will find out when we tear the engine down. Made > the 6:00 news, not what I had in mind for the day, but it was a good > report. WALKED away form the landing, a major plus. Cotton boles are > very hard and sharp!! Not a plus. Will try to get the plane out of > the field in the next couple days. FAA wasn't to mad, another plus. > > Safe landings all > Bob Tilley > Albany, Ga. > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_22257_1193928178_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Bob,
   Friend you did "Good"..........Fly the Airplane !!
--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold




-------------- Original message from Bob Tilley <btilley@mchsi.com>: --------------


> Ok folks,
>
> Here's the story! Got signed off to fly my first short solo cross
> country! YEAH!!!! Took off, got to altitude, leveled out, got speed
> to 90 knots, everything was good in the world! Then I picked up a
> miss in the engine. OSH... (or something like that), thought my wife
> is really going to get MAD. Then thought "Fly the Plane". Said to
> myself, "no say it out loud", (a promise I made to myself during Paul
> Connors investigation). So aloud I said "FLY THE D... PLANE" ;-).
> Pulled Power back to around 1700 or so. Looked around to pick a spot
> to ditch it. Decided it would probably glide back to the airport. Set
> up best glide while making a 180. Looked at what was between me an
> the ai rport and didn't get a calming felling in my stomach. Figured
> it was probably better to head south to fly along a 4 lane road, back
> to the airport. Had time to try to diagnose the problem. Felt to me I
> had lost a cylinder. Tried one mag first, then the other to no avail.
> Pulled carb heat, no luck, ran the same. Eased back on the mixture in
> case the carb was dumping to much fuel, again no luck. Rechecked my
> flight path and was concerned I would make the field. About this time
> I lost another cylinder. Pucker factor!! So it became obvious I
> wasn't going to make it back to that airport. But there was one about
> 2-3 miles due south. Took a left 90 degrees and headed for the east
> end of the abandoned runway. Needed a little more power to insure I
> would come in with enough alt. Since the engine was running worse, I
> eased the power in to try to get 1500 rpm. Worked! Well for about
> that long. Lost another cylinder. Now I at 900 to 1000 rpm and that
> airfield is out of the question. Called Dawson unicom and notified
> them of my intent to put it down in a field next to the Pecan VOR.
> Turned left into the field, as apposed to right toward the pine trees
> and the end of the runway I was not going to make. NOW THE ENGIINE
> QUITS. I was at about 100 ft agl. and made the mistake of not putting
> the rest of the flaps down. But that worked out OK. Dropped down to
> just above the cotton, and held it off as long as I could. Then the
> Pucker factor really kicked in!!!!! MY GOD LOOK HOW BIG THOSE TREES
> ARE!! And they are come real fast!!! Finally it just dropped those
> last 4 feet. I put on the brakes hard but not so hard as to flip me
> over. Came to a rest 50 feet from the trees. Total distance from
> touchdown to stop, 100 yards. LONG SIGH!!!!. Tried to radio the
& gt; airport I was down and OK to no avail. Walked 200 yds to the road and
> waited to company to arrive. And boy did it ever. Airport had called
> the Emergency rescue and every body else in the world. TV station
> came, etc.
>
> I now KNOW what it feels like to ditch, that's a plus. There was NO
> damage to the plane, another plus. Except the engine of course. It
> eat a valve in the #1 cylinder. Which probably cluttered up the rings
> in the others, we will find out when we tear the engine down. Made
> the 6:00 news, not what I had in mind for the day, but it was a good
> report. WALKED away form the landing, a major plus. Cotton boles are
> very hard and sharp!! Not a plus. Will try to get the plane out of
> the field in the next couple days. FAA wasn't to mad, another plus.
>
> Safe landings all
> Bob Tilley
> Albany, Ga.
>
> --
> Homepage: http:/ /www.flyrotary.com/
> Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html
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