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"You're smoking a whole lot, you may just want to land"
Young pilot, as he takes-off in Cessna 172RG from Addison, Dallas, receives serious guidance from ATC. (www.dallasnews.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I find it surprising that the comment was made that they had no idea what had happened.
If you have ever lost a rod and had piston failure... you have noise that changes the sound of the engine almost immediately. As well as power loss.
If you have ever lost a rod and had piston failure... you have noise that changes the sound of the engine almost immediately. As well as power loss.
It was a counterweight balance at the end of the crank. It split but hung on just enough to poke holes in the engine case and oil pan. Even the mechanic said you would not have been able to tell a difference. That is until you lost oil pressure.
Most people attempting to read this article won't pay $.99 to do so. Great if you are a subscriber to The Dallas Morning News.
It's a good thing the Pilot didn't spend as much time deciding what to do as the guy telling the story did or they would have crashed.
They made a whole lot of hay out of "they took off, started smoking, and landed."
The incident started when I reduced power on entering the downwind leg of the pattern in an uncontrolled field - runway length 3500 ft. When I reduced power the engine started misfiring wildly and I could see lots of white smoke going past the left main gear.
I immediately decided to shorten the downwind leg to conserve altitude and once lined up with the runway slipped the aircraft to dump altitude quickly. I landed without issues.
Upon examination the brand new Cessna 150's engine had swallowed a valve into one of the pistons.