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Dear Kim. My Question here is : Why are you as the pilot in command giving up responsibility ( and a very important one ) to you brother in law ? Preflight is Pilots duty. The NTSB is after YOU , not your brother in Law if something goes wrong . If I would be the guy who checked the oil , I would swear I tightened it very secure. But I myself forgot the Oil dip twice to tighten. I was distracted and the visual check showed all o.k. But I only THOUGHT I tightened but I DID NOT. Like I said - TWICE! Now when doing the check before start engine and I am not ABSOLUTELY SURE , I'll go out side , open the cowl just to be sure all is good. With my two Coupes and the 350 hours I am riding them I can not report a loosened Oil cap. I also think since these little continentals are so common and widely used it would have become a general AD years ago. Just think about all these neglected Cessnas in Flying Clubs with an O-200 . But I can be wrong - would not be the first time.... Hartmut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Hello all, I recently purchased 3675H in LA. and have it hangered there until > I can fly it home up north. Several months ago my brother in law flew my coup > on a x-c from LA to his home in Texas, about a two hour flight. On the return > flight to LA and thirty minuets out of destination he developed oil pressure > loss. After advising DeRidder FSS of possible emergency and saying many > prayers, the oil pressure continued to drop. On final, the pressure neared 10 > psi. After landing, the engine oil was down two quarts and a nice oil slick > found on the left side of the coup. My brother in law is sure that he > tightened the oil cap on before taking off. Has anyone experienced the oil > cap coming off in flight one and one half hours or longer after takeoff? The > A&P has checked the engine for other possible oil leaks without results. I've > delayed the transport of my coup until we can answer this concern. Any > comments are welcome. Thanks in advance. Kim > ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Sid.bAhN69 Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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