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Sigh..
Yup, that was me. I have been meaning to fess up. We were at about 1500 agl when the fuses blew on my fuel pumps. I was in a close formation of 40 aircraft at the time too. I think I got some bad MOGAS somewhere in Iowa as I did notice my fuel return flow creep downward but didn't think it was a big problem.
On the incident flight, a one hour formation flight from SQI for a mass arrival at OSH, the return fuel flow drifted down to zero. I actually though it was a sensor problem. I didn't have the ability to give it a lot of attention because we were in a loose formation. Soon after we pulled it together for a tight formation power switched off. I tried to find a road, but quickly ran out of options and put it down in a bean field. With the beans hitting the flaps it brought me to a stop in about 200ft, just before I would have gone into the full grown corn. As mentioned, wheel pants broke in half but no other damage besides pulling bean leaves out of every nook and cranny. The farmers were very nice, and the stories are true... they have attractive daughters. They were out there barefoot in their Sunday best enjoying the excitement. Helped me clean the fuel filter and replace the fuses. Within a couple of hours I was able to take off from one of their driveways as they all waived good bye (but strangely, no one took me up on my offer for a ride).
Landed at OSH just before dark to a reserved parking space and a very warm reception from the formation group and friends. Great support from everyone all around, though I am trying to avoid the obvious new call signs they are trying to give me.
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David Leonard
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Dennis Havarlah <clouduster@austin.rr.com> wrote:
Ed,
This is the info. I got from my neighbor Ron Waker - he was in the 40 plane formation also. I assume RODOC is Dave L. Glad it was only a couple of wheel pants damaged and the problem was able to be fixed easily. I wonder what clogged the filter.
Dennis H.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Walker" <n520tx@earthlink.net>
To: "Dennis Havarlah" <clouduster@austin.rr.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [FlyRotary] Rotary Forced Landing
Oh ya.. RODOC.
We were on our way from SQI to OSH on Sunday .. after about 30 min of
flying from SQI, I hear "Rodoc's Out" over the radio. He was very calm
about it. Flight lead asking him what was wrong etc. "Don't know" what
the answer. We assigned a wingman to stay with him, and a 'spare' took
his place in the formation. We had 4 spares with us.
He landed in a bean field. Destroyed his wheel pants, but no other
damage. The farmer towed him to his private driveway. They fixed the
problem and he launched to OSH. No further problems.
The issue ended up being a clogged fuel filter. It was so gummed up that
the circuit breaker kept popping on the fuel pump. Once it was cleaned
and blown out, everything was fine.
He did end up flying in the 40 ship on Monday.
On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 16:14 -0500, Dennis Havarlah wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Anderson
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:39 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Rotary Forced Landing
I was told a Rv-6 Rotary from California made a force landing out of
the "40" Oskhosh RV formation at the airshow. Sort of thought it
could have been Dave Lenoard - anybody heard who it was? I understand
he was able to take off from a nearby road - so apparently no serious
damage if any
Ed
Edward L. Anderson
Anderson Electronic Enterprises LLC
305 Reefton Road
Weddington, NC 28104
http://www.andersonee.com
http://www.eicommander.com
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