X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:13:28 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-vx0-f180.google.com ([209.85.220.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5086738 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:13:17 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.220.180; envelope-from=mehapgood@gmail.com Received: by vxh15 with SMTP id 15so2789809vxh.25 for ; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.117.136 with SMTP id r8mr762984vcq.109.1312895562439; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:12:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from Dell690 (adsl-074-245-088-117.sip.rmo.bellsouth.net [74.245.88.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h20sm3065100vce.5.2011.08.09.06.12.40 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:12:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: Matt Hapgood Reply-To: From: "Matt Hapgood" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] TSOs and equipment failure X-Original-Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:12:25 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <4e413249.d427dc0a.6d97.6a35@mx.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0169_01CC5674.75439460" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcxWi0tCIp+0IlXmSGK6nW3OsKAdMQACZkuw Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0169_01CC5674.75439460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a quick anecdotal story regarding TSO vs. non-TSO equipment: About 7 years ago I was flying my Lancair 360 out of Aspen during marginal weather. It was a challenging departure that has you flying in a valley on instruments. Not a great time for instrument failure. About 2 minutes into the departure, solid IFR, I started getting severe p-static. So severe my headset was shocking me badly enough that I had to remove it. Here is the important part. Every non-TSO piece of electrical equipment in the plane failed. Not one TSO piece of equipment failed. Here is list of what failed: - AOA. Started bouncing up and down and calling out "error ." - VM Engine instruments - Rocky Mountain MicroEncoder. Shut off. - Tablet PC (used for charts): shut off (fortunately I had back-up) - CO detector. Permanently damaged Here is what did not fail: - Mechanical/steam gauges - Sandel EFIS - Garmin 430's (2) - Garmin audio panel - Garmin transponder - S-TEC autopilot It seems likely I wouldn't be writing this email today if I had all electronic non-TSO equipment that day. Matt ------=_NextPart_000_0169_01CC5674.75439460 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Just a quick anecdotal story regarding TSO vs. non-TSO = equipment:

About 7 years ago I was flying my Lancair 360 out of = Aspen during marginal weather. It was a challenging departure that has = you flying in a valley on instruments. Not a great time for instrument failure.

About 2 minutes into the departure, solid IFR, I started = getting severe p-static. So severe my headset was shocking me badly enough = that I had to remove it. Here is the important = part…

Every non-TSO piece of electrical equipment in the plane = failed. Not one TSO piece of equipment failed. Here is list of what = failed:

- AOA. Started bouncing up and down and calling out = “error …”

- VM Engine instruments

- Rocky Mountain MicroEncoder. Shut = off.

- Tablet PC (used for charts): shut off (fortunately I had back-up)

- CO detector. Permanently = damaged

Here is what did not fail:

- Mechanical/steam gauges

- Sandel EFIS

- Garmin 430’s (2)

- Garmin audio panel

- Garmin transponder

- S-TEC autopilot

It seems likely I wouldn’t be writing this email = today if I had all electronic non-TSO equipment that = day…

Matt

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