Night engine failure in Boston

[Dan Luke]

http://www.townonline.com/bedford/news/local_regional/bed_covbmcrashpnb02112004.htm

[Michael 182]

Amazing story - these guys sound like they did a great job. And I'm going to
buy a smoke hood!

Michael


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[Maule Driver]

"Michael 182" >
> Amazing story - these guys sound like they did a great job. And I'm going
to
> buy a smoke hood!
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Yep, great job by the pilots. Then a good job by the reporter.

Gotta go look at smoke hoods.

[Dan Luke]

"Michael 182" wrote:

....And I'm going to buy a smoke hood!

Ditto.

[David Brooks]

"Maule Driver" > wrote in message
m...
> "Michael 182" >
> > Amazing story - these guys sound like they did a great job. And I'm
going
> to
> > buy a smoke hood!
> >
> Yep, great job by the pilots. Then a good job by the reporter.

I noticed that. He treated them with respect, and when they got technical he
asked the questions necessary to enlighten the laymen. CBS should hire him.

-- David Brooks

[ISLIP]

If you thought his writing was good, why not e-mail his editor & tell him so.
Then send a note to CBS referencing the article and tell CBS that the tv
polulation would be better served by this type of reporting than the National
Enquirer crap they broadcast

John

[jls]

"Maule Driver" > wrote in message
m...
> "Michael 182" >
> > Amazing story - these guys sound like they did a great job. And I'm
going
> to
> > buy a smoke hood!
> >
> Yep, great job by the pilots. Then a good job by the reporter.
>
> Gotta go look at smoke hoods.

This was a thriller of a narrative.

Sounds like an oil line or line fitting broke above the exhaust system and
dumped lubricating oil on the hot pipes. No oil pressure and smoke in the
cockpit. It would be interesting to know what caused the oil to depart the
engine. Was there a sloppy maintenance issue here?

Sometimes I fly a simple little airplane with an AD which requires the oil
pressure fitting to allow only a trickle of oil -- through an .032"
aperture -- so that if the line breaks the oil won't be dumped overboard
before you can find a quickie field to land on. I'm wondering if these
guys were monitoring their oil pressure all that closely. It's easy to
forget to scan.

The smoke hood sounds like a good idea. So does an onboard fire
extinguisher, although I suspect there was not a fire here, only smoke from
oil on the pipes. At least not until the impact.

[Snowbird]

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message >...
> http://www.townonline.com/bedford/news/local_regional/bed_covbmcrashpnb02112004.htm

Wow, great story! I mean, great job by the pilots,
but I'm so impressed by how the reporter covered it.

Sydney (has smoke hood will travel)

[Cockpit Colin]

Also a good advertisement for wearing a flame retardent flying suit,
carrying system independent comms and a survival kit - and I'd bet they
would have gratefully donned a protective flying helmet if there was someone
in the back seat selling them at recommended retail price right at that
moment. Perhaps the military still have a thing or two to teach GA when it
comes to safety prepardness?

Additionally, I'd have thought seriously about transmitting a quick mayday
before (initially) killing the master switch.

I think it also reinforces the (potential) dangers of flying single-engine
aircraft in situations where you can't see a safe place to land.

In my opinion they did a truely excellent job - but very also very lucky -
and could have done more (as could most pilots) to prepare for the
possibility of an off airport landing before they even got airbourne.