Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from fe6.cox-internet.com ([66.76.2.51] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b5) with ESMTP id 164193 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:39:18 -0400 Received: from dgwest ([68.226.142.77]) by fe6.cox-internet.com (InterMail vK.4.04.00.00 201-232-137 license 2c0225210a073aa8d80c3b96b8e7ebaa) with SMTP id <20040616023844.DKHK408.fe6@dgwest> for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:38:44 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <009b01c4534a$e53a3920$4d8ee244@coxinternet.com> From: "Dana Westphal" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Prop Strike X-Original-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:37:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 My brother is a CFII. One summer he was practicing touch-and-go's in a C172. After one memorable landing, a prop blade separated while he was throttling up for another take-off. Although he quickly shut-down the engine and rolled to a stop, the resultant vibration caused the engine to slump as the engine mount failed. The engine was about to depart from the airframe! Talk about a serious weight and balance problem! He shudders to this date when thinking about what the outcome would have been if the prop would have failed moments later ... I think a guardian angel was riding co-pilot that day. Lesson learned: "Don't mess with props", or you can't be too safe when it comes to props. Dana Westphal L2K-165 "Building over Geologic Time" or "I'm glad that I'm building a plastic airplane, lest it be a rust heap by now".