engine loss

rdsoxpilot

rdsoxpilot

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took off at khie enroute to kbtv. about 200' or so left engine starts sputtering & shaking violently. had a 9000' rpm drop, all engine gauges in the green. hit my single engine speed & circled back. rate of climb was about 75 fpm, if that.

long story short, i live to tell the tale. im guessing a mixture problem, but i'll have to wait till tomorrow to see the results. oh, and it was a beech duchess with about 18,000 hrs on the frame. :banghead:


fly safe-
 
Great job recovering and bringing it back for a safe landing. A pilot always have to be persistent and expect the unexpected.

Thumbs up!
 
rdsoxpilot said:
took off at khie enroute to kbtv. about 200' or so left engine starts sputtering & shaking violently. had a 9000' rpm drop, all engine gauges in the green. hit my single engine speed & circled back. rate of climb was about 75 fpm, if that.

long story short, i live to tell the tale. im guessing a mixture problem, but i'll have to wait till tomorrow to see the results. oh, and it was a beech duchess with about 18,000 hrs on the frame. :banghead:


fly safe-
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9000 foot RPM drop? Some fancy Duch-ass you've got there. ;)

Just kidding. Nice work. I've had a couple rough engines in a 402. Definitely makes your radio voice go up an octave or three. :D
 
9000' RPM drop? Must be a turbine powered Dutchess!

Seriously, glad you handled it well and lived to tell the tale!
 
MikeD said:
Not supposed to. Maintaining sounding cool on the radio, is the next item after "maintain aircraft control"
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Haha! In the few truly intense moments I've had in my flying career, I'd be lying if I said I didn't consider, at least for a split second, what my voice was going to sound like on the tapes.
 
Patrick said:
9000' RPM drop? Must be a turbine powered Dutchess!

Seriously, glad you handled it well and lived to tell the tale!
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lol as you can tell im still a bit in shock, and counting my blessings.


lets make it 2700 rpm at normal take off, and it was showing 1800 rpm (give or take, not like i was staring at the dam thing.)
 
jrh said:
Haha! In the few truly intense moments I've had in my flying career, I'd be lying if I said I didn't consider, at least for a split second, what my voice was going to sound like on the tapes.
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See? I told you. It's true, whether we want to believe it or not. :D

None of us ever wants the "witness" who was in another plane and heard the exchange on the radio....as he's being interviewed by the media, to be saying:

"...yeah, that pilot did an awesome job of recovering the airplane. I heard the whole thing on the radio."

Reporter: "How did he sound? Did he seem concerned? We all remember the Sully ATC tapes and he sounded....."

"No, he was screaming like a girl, actually...."

:D
 
Good job, I had the same thing happen to me in a Duchess here in Ft. Pierce a while back. At about 800 ft and RPMs dropped out and the engine started shaking. I looked at my instructor.... he looked at me... and then he said "I didn't do it":D. Needless to say we turned around and landed with my best airline captain voice:rawk:
 
MikeD said:
See? I told you. It's true, whether we want to believe it or not. :D

None of us ever wants the "witness" who was in another plane and heard the exchange on the radio....as he's being interviewed by the media, to be saying:

"...yeah, that pilot did an awesome job of recovering the airplane. I heard the whole thing on the radio."

Reporter: "How did he sound? Did he seem concerned? We all remember the Sully ATC tapes and he sounded....."

"No, he was screaming like a girl, actually...."

:D
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:rotfl:

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MikeD said:
Parts built by Toyota?
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