X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost03.isp.att.net ([204.127.217.103] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with ESMTP id 2442700 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:52:54 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.217.103; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from [65.8.69.241] (adsl-8-69-241.mia.bellsouth.net[65.8.69.241]) by bellsouth.net (frfwmhc03) with SMTP id <20071101025216H0300shfqoe>; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 02:52:16 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.8.69.241] Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-17-829948202 Message-Id: <6B8AABBB-5826-4281-B7A1-D346D52BDD5A@bellsouth.net> From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: reason # 11 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:51:52 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) --Apple-Mail-17-829948202 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Bob, Glad to hear you are OK. I was wandering what's the story with the C-152 in the field? Now I know. Good job of keeping the clean side up.... You da man! :) Buly On Oct 31, 2007, at 9:45 PM, Bob Tilley wrote: > Ok folks, > > Here's the story! Got signed off to fly my first short solo cross > country! YEAH!!!! Took off, got to altitude, leveled out, got > speed to 90 knots, everything was good in the world! Then I picked > up a miss in the engine. OSH... (or something like that), thought > my wife is really going to get MAD. Then thought "Fly the Plane". > Said to myself, "no say it out loud", (a promise I made to myself > during Paul Connors investigation). So aloud I said "FLY THE D... > PLANE" ;-). Pulled Power back to around 1700 or so. Looked around > to pick a spot to ditch it. Decided it would probably glide back to > the airport. Set up best glide while making a 180. Looked at what > was between me an the airport and didn't get a calming felling in > my stomach. Figured it was probably better to head south to fly > along a 4 lane road, back to the airport. Had time to try to > diagnose the problem. Felt to me I had lost a cylinder. Tried one > mag first, then the other to no avail. Pulled carb heat, no luck, > ran the same. Eased back on the mixture in case the carb was > dumping to much fuel, again no luck. Rechecked my flight path and > was concerned I would make the field. About this time I lost > another cylinder. Pucker factor!! So it became obvious I wasn't > going to make it back to that airport. But there was one about 2-3 > miles due south. Took a left 90 degrees and headed for the east end > of the abandoned runway. Needed a little more power to insure I > would come in with enough alt. Since the engine was running worse, > I eased the power in to try to get 1500 rpm. Worked! Well for about > that long. Lost another cylinder. Now I at 900 to 1000 rpm and that > airfield is out of the question. Called Dawson unicom and notified > them of my intent to put it down in a field next to the Pecan VOR. > Turned left into the field, as apposed to right toward the pine > trees and the end of the runway I was not going to make. NOW THE > ENGIINE QUITS. I was at about 100 ft agl. and made the mistake of > not putting the rest of the flaps down. But that worked out OK. > Dropped down to just above the cotton, and held it off as long as I > could. Then the Pucker factor really kicked in!!!!! MY GOD LOOK HOW > BIG THOSE TREES ARE!! And they are come real fast!!! Finally it > just dropped those last 4 feet. I put on the brakes hard but not so > hard as to flip me over. Came to a rest 50 feet from the trees. > Total distance from touchdown to stop, 100 yards. LONG SIGH!!!!. > Tried to radio the airport I was down and OK to no avail. Walked > 200 yds to the road and waited to company to arrive. And boy did it > ever. Airport had called the Emergency rescue and every body else > in the world. TV station came, etc. > > I now KNOW what it feels like to ditch, that's a plus. There was NO > damage to the plane, another plus. Except the engine of course. It > eat a valve in the #1 cylinder. Which probably cluttered up the > rings in the others, we will find out when we tear the engine down. > Made the 6:00 news, not what I had in mind for the day, but it was > a good report. WALKED away form the landing, a major plus. Cotton > boles are very hard and sharp!! Not a plus. Will try to get the > plane out of the field in the next couple days. FAA wasn't to mad, > another plus. > > Safe landings all > Bob Tilley > Albany, Ga. > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/ > flyrotary/List.html --Apple-Mail-17-829948202 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
=

On Oct 31, 2007, at 9:45 PM, Bob Tilley = wrote:

Ok folks,

Here's = the story!=A0 Got signed = off to fly my first short solo cross country! YEAH!!!!=A0 Took off, got to altitude, = leveled out, got speed to 90 knots, everything was good in the = world!=A0 Then I picked up = a miss in the engine. OSH... (or something like that), thought my wife = is really going to get MAD. Then thought "Fly the Plane". Said to = myself, "no say it out loud", (a promise I made to myself during Paul = Connors investigation).=A0 = So aloud I said "FLY THE D... PLANE"=A0 ;-).=A0 Pulled Power back to around = 1700 or so. Looked around to pick a spot to ditch it. Decided it would = probably glide back to the airport. Set up best glide while making a = 180. Looked at what was between me an the airport and didn't get a = calming felling in my stomach. Figured it was probably better to head = south to fly along a 4 lane road, back to the airport. Had time to try = to diagnose the problem. Felt to me I had lost a cylinder. Tried one mag = first, then the other to no avail. Pulled carb heat, no luck, ran the = same. Eased back on the mixture in case the carb was dumping to much = fuel, again no luck. Rechecked my flight path and was concerned I would = make the field. About this time I lost another cylinder. Pucker factor!! = So it became obvious I wasn't going to make it back to that airport. But = there was one about 2-3 miles due south. Took a left 90 degrees and = headed for the east end of the abandoned runway. Needed a little more = power to insure I would come in with enough alt. Since the engine was = running worse, I eased the power in to try to get 1500 rpm. Worked! Well = for about that long. Lost another cylinder. Now I at 900 to 1000 rpm and = that airfield is out of the question. Called Dawson unicom and notified = them of my intent to put it down in a field next to the Pecan VOR. = Turned left into the field, as apposed to right toward the pine trees = and the end of the runway I was not going to make. NOW THE ENGIINE = QUITS. I was at about 100 ft agl. and made the mistake of not putting = the rest of the flaps down. But that worked out OK. Dropped down to just = above the cotton, and held it off as long as I could. Then the Pucker = factor really kicked in!!!!! MY GOD LOOK HOW BIG THOSE TREES ARE!! And = they are come real fast!!!=A0 = Finally it just dropped those last 4 feet. I put on the brakes = hard but not so hard as to flip me over.=A0 Came to a rest 50 feet from = the trees. Total distance from touchdown to stop, 100 yards. LONG = SIGH!!!!. Tried to radio the airport I was down and OK to no avail. = Walked 200 yds to the road and waited to company to arrive. And boy did = it ever. Airport had called the Emergency rescue and every body else in = the world.=A0 TV station = came, etc.

I now KNOW what it feels like to ditch, that's a = plus. There was NO damage to the plane, another plus. Except the engine = of course. It eat a valve in the #1 cylinder. Which probably cluttered = up the rings in the others, we will find out when we tear the engine = down. Made the 6:00 news, not what I had in mind for the day, but it was = a good report. WALKED away form the landing, a major plus. Cotton boles = are very hard and sharp!!=A0 = Not a plus. Will try to get the plane out of the field in the = next couple days. FAA wasn't to mad, another plus.

Safe = landings all
Bob Tilley
Albany, Ga.

--
=

= --Apple-Mail-17-829948202--