On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 5:15 PM, John Slade
<jslade@canardaviation.com> wrote:
Here's a few for the list, Mark,
1. Stock turbo bearings collapsed & took out apex seal. Flew home at reduced power.
I have burned out 2 turbos. The first caused precautionary/urgent landing at an airport pending shutting off fuel flow to the turbo. The second, I flipped a turbo oil shut off switch and flew 1000NM to get home.
2. Fuel filer (sinstered bronze) looked clean but was restricting fuel flow. Flew home on other tank.
Had a fuel pump die in flight, switched to the other and kept flying.
3. Bad / intermittent contact on ignition timing sensor made engine run rough. Landed normally and repaired.
I had a bad injector enable switch causing rough running during some phase one flying (after major change)... landed normally
4. Turbo hose blew off on take-off. Returned to land at reduced power.
John
Been there, done that.
Also:
Forgot to re-connect fuel return line in engine bay after doing some work. dumped a couple gallons of fuel onto the running engine until I smelled gas and shut down the engine.. (never left the parking space - but it could have been really bad.
Cracked alternator mount bracket found on pre-flight during phase one testing. Would have lost cooling and alternator if it happened now.
PSRU sun gear pin broke from a backfire during run-up. Was able to taxi back but would not have been able to fly.
This is good - broke a coolant line in flight and smelled coolant... landed at nearby airport and taxied up to restaurant with steam spewing out of the cowl. Me and my buddy calmly walked into the restaurant and had breakfast. Afterward, we borrowed some tools and fixed the coolant line. Went back into the restaurant to ask for 2 pitchers of water to put in our plane. Continued ski trip to Mammoth. The end.