Missing engine

[Marty Schmidt]

From boatnerd.com

Cargo Jet May Have Dropped Engine Into Lake Michigan

10/22

A cargo jet departing Chicago's O'Hare International Airport experienced
engine trouble late Wednesday and may have dropped one of its engines into
Lake Michigan, authorities said.

The Boeing 741-R owned by Kalitta Air bound for New York landed safely in
Detroit. Its crew reported engine problems with one of its engines over
Michigan. When the aircraft landed, the crew discovered the had fallen off.

Michigan authorities searched for the engine Thursday, but the Federal
Aviation Administration said it might have fallen into Lake Michigan.

Reported by Al Miller

[Ross Oliver]

Marty Schmidt > wrote:
>
>A cargo jet departing Chicago's O'Hare International Airport experienced
>engine trouble late Wednesday and may have dropped one of its engines into
>Lake Michigan, authorities said.


Last week at the AOPA convention, Rod Machado recounted his story of
an engine failure on takeoff in a 152 because the carburetor had
fallen off the engine. The aircraft had just come out of maintenance,
and the mechanic had failed to install the four nuts that secure the
carburetor to the engine. I wonder if something similar happened
in this case.

[G.R. Patterson III]

Ross Oliver wrote:
>
> Marty Schmidt > wrote:
> >
> >A cargo jet departing Chicago's O'Hare International Airport experienced
> >engine trouble late Wednesday and may have dropped one of its engines into
> >Lake Michigan, authorities said.
>
> Last week at the AOPA convention, Rod Machado recounted his story of
> an engine failure on takeoff in a 152 because the carburetor had
> fallen off the engine. The aircraft had just come out of maintenance,
> and the mechanic had failed to install the four nuts that secure the
> carburetor to the engine. I wonder if something similar happened
> in this case.

You can bet old "Bob" won't dig around in his pocket and find the missing nuts in
this case. :-)

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

[John Galban]

(Ross Oliver) wrote in message >...
>
> Last week at the AOPA convention, Rod Machado recounted his story of
> an engine failure on takeoff in a 152 because the carburetor had
> fallen off the engine.

That's interesting, I thought I was the only one this had every
happened to. I guess I'm in good company :-)

John Galban=====>N4BQ (PA28-180)