ptag.dev(at)tiscali.co.uk
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 Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: Rubber Fuel Pipe. |
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Hi! Thomas.
I think you had a “narrow squeak”!
Just for the record I should remind you that Europa recommended all such fuel pipe distributed with their kits be changed at 5 years, which means that by the time you built the kit it was almost time expired, if it had carried fuel for any length of time.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Scherer (thomas(at)scherer.com)
To: europa-list(at)matronics.com (europa-list(at)matronics.com)
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:58 AM
Subject: Europa-List: N81EU incident - the culprit
Hi All,
today I can report with confidence that the reason for the power loss in N81EU on Feb 24 was fuel starvation.
I had changed the fuel filter on the main-line the day before the incident and as you can see on this photograph:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tosstudio/644899802/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/644899802_5320589274.jpg" width="500" height="367" alt="culprit" /></a>
the fuel line was worn (10 year old factory supplied original). One strand of the tube did get into the fuel filter inlet and restricted fuel flow.
I had sufficient fuel in the line for the take-off roll, yet during the early part of the climb-out the engine quit.
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I shall later report on the moments right after that and the sequence of the forced landing. Would like to discuss it with Kim Prout though first to make it more authoritative.
be well - safe Landings
<Thomas, N81EU>
Robt.C.Harrison
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