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Airplane Connecting Rod Crashes Through Roof
“We got to around 1,500 feet and we heard a loud bang and the plane started shaking,” said Rick Eason, faculty adviser for the University Flying Club in Orono, who took off with the pilot at around 7:25 p.m. After the two made a safe emergency landing at Bangor International Airport, Eason said he was soon contacted by the airport’s control tower, “and they asked if I lost something from my plane.” As Eason soon figured out by comparing data from his GPS device with the time of the incident, as… (bangordailynews.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
They were lucky for sure.The worst engine failure I ever seen was from a baron that shed 3 cylinder heads at once.Funny thing was the pistons were still connected to the rods and laying on the block.Never found out what caused such a failure but I did notice a lack of oil present.Duh,I believe that is why they have dipsticks.Being a line guy in GA for 20 years every plane I serviced I would check the oil asked or not and you would be surprised how often I found really low levels.
This came from A General Aviation A/C. Too small to be anything larger.
I was at 10,500 when my engine gave up ( twin Commander 500 Shrike) and after I landed at an airport I found a rod insert laying in the cowling. These are not supposed to be laying around outside the engine!!! Lycoming's come apart too. I had about 5 seconds to feather the prop and cutoff the fuel before it seized.
The problem was it was a six cylinder continental engine in an old P.O.S. 172. Those old Continental engines just shake they're way to overhaul. Lucky the engine didn't seize up
The headline says "connecting rod", the text in the article refers and photos a "wrist pin". Big difference in mass.
Glad no one was hurt.