Hi all, One of the two co-owners with me of the real N7764P (pa24-250) had the connector of one of the oil cooler hoses break just before entering the pattern at KLMO, where we hangar. We check the oil in preflight to 9 quarts and he had just under 6 quarts at shut down. The left side and belly were covered with dripping oil. He was returning from a camping trip in Yellowstone National Park. If the leak had occurred any time earlier on this leg, he would have been over the mountains. The mechanic that replaced the oil cooler said, 5 more minutes of flight would have exhausted the oil.
We had a major overhaul done at Firewall Forward (Fort Collins KFNL) in December and January and they are paying for the repair under warranty. They and the mechanic that replaced the oil cooler agreed that the connector was not installed correctly as the hose put a lot of side load on the connector and vibration caused the fitting to crack and fail. Firewall Forward has implemented retraining of their mechanics to avoid similar problems on future overhauls. The AC is again flyable after replacing the oil cooler, this time with proper fittings and hose attachments. Regards, Dave P. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
