Engine failure on take-off

Gord Tessier · #1 02-04-10, 09:50 PM

Thanks for the information.
Has anyone else out there seen this kid of damage and oil spray pattern before?

Gord Tessier · #2 02-05-10, 04:29 PM

The insurance adjuster came back to me today and indicated that the No 6 exhaust valve got sucked out the tail pipe and struck the prop?
Can this even happen the way the exhaust is baffled?
Anyone ever had this happen?

WebMaster · #3 02-05-10, 09:36 PM

Wow
That's incredible.
There isn't a lot of baffling in the rear muffler, even less in the front.
It could have missed completely, in which you would have been even luckier.
Probably rattled around a bit, then ejected itself through the pipe.

WebMaster · #4 02-05-10, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gord Tessier

Thanks for the information.
Has anyone else out there seen this kid of damage and oil spray pattern before?

Damage no, but when Jerry lost a rocker arm stud, coming back from the Bahamas, we had a lot of oil all around the rear of aircraft. Even more inside the engine cover. Did you pull the cover and look inside? I'm suprised, if the valve went through the exhaust, that you had any oil at all.