X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from hub026-NJ-7.exch026.serverdata.net ([206.225.166.170] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0c1) with ESMTPS id 5693418 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:38:50 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.225.166.170; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from MBX026-E1-NJ-6.exch026.domain.local ([10.240.14.56]) by HUB026-NJ-7.exch026.domain.local ([10.240.14.233]) with mapi id 14.02.0309.002; Sat, 4 Aug 2012 13:38:15 -0700 From: Jeff Whaley To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' Subject: Re: Rotary Forced Landing Thread-Topic: Rotary Forced Landing Thread-Index: Ac1ygIGcNyqod5ezRV2q2J9S83G7nQ== Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 20:38:14 +0000 Message-ID: <234B758DE9A64449BEB6BB5D1345CA7A10BFCB83@mbx026-e1-nj-6.exch026.domain.local> Accept-Language: en-CA, en-US Content-Language: en-CA X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [204.237.115.31] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_234B758DE9A64449BEB6BB5D1345CA7A10BFCB83mbx026e1nj6exch_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_234B758DE9A64449BEB6BB5D1345CA7A10BFCB83mbx026e1nj6exch_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dave, having gone through recently what you just experienced I would like t= o say GOOD JOB on getting down safely and with such little damage. Anyway = at 1500 AGL there isn't a lot of time ... obviously you made the right choi= ces. Jeff (Rebuilding my Ride) From: David Leonard Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Fw: Fw: [FlyRotary] Rotary Forced Landing Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 06:18:47 -0700 To: Rotary motors in aircraft [Message Header] [Undecoded Message] 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 air= craft 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 arr= ival at OSH, the return fuel flow drifted down to zero. I actually though i= t was a sensor problem. I didn't have the ability to give it a lot of atten= tion 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 quic= kly ran out of options and put it down in a bean field. With the beans hitt= ing the flaps it brought me to a stop in about 200ft, just before I would h= ave 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 crann= y. The farmers were very nice, and the stories are true... they have attrac= tive daughters. They were out there barefoot in their Sunday best enjoying = the excitement. Helped me clean the fuel filter and replace the fuses. With= in 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 ar= e trying to give me. -- David Leonard This message, and the documents attached hereto, is intended only for the a= ddressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. Any unauth= orized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message= in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal= records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. --_000_234B758DE9A64449BEB6BB5D1345CA7A10BFCB83mbx026e1nj6exch_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dave, having gone through recently what you just experienced I would lik= e to say GOOD JOB on getting down safely and with such little damage. = Anyway at 1500 AGL there isn't a lot of time ... obviously you made the ri= ght choices.

Jeff

(Rebuilding my Ride)

 

From: David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Fw: Fw: [FlyRotary] Rotary Forc= ed Landing
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 06:18:47 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancair= online.net>
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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 air= craft 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 arr= ival at OSH, the return fuel flow drifted down to zero. I actually though i= t was a sensor problem. I didn't have the ability to give it a lot of atten= tion because we were in a loose formation. Soon after we pulled it together for a tight formation power sw= itched 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 brok= e 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 h= ave 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 wa= s 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 ar= e trying to give me.

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David Leonard

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