MarkE
Murrrrrph!
I decided to take a few spins around the pattern late this morning. During the preflight I noticed on the squawk sheet that the oil pressure gauge was giving "false readings." It was then signed off as looked at and ok. During the run-up it was reading just a hair into the yellow. Was cleared for take off, advanced to full throttle, it was still reading just a hair into the yellow, checked for airspeed to come alive, looked back at the oil pressure and saw that it was pegged all the way into the red. I aborted the take off, parked and tied down. Let the dispatcher know what was up and he said "yeah, it's been giving funny readings lately. A CFI had been up earlier in the morning and said it was reading the same way."
From my understanding of FAR 91.205 an operating oil pressure gauge is required VFR equipment and I don't see anything in 91.213 that would make this plane legal to fly. Am I understanding this correctly?
From my understanding of FAR 91.205 an operating oil pressure gauge is required VFR equipment and I don't see anything in 91.213 that would make this plane legal to fly. Am I understanding this correctly?