JCranford
En-Route
My T210L, Ruby, is back from Mx...finally. Ive hesitated posting the ordeal because frankly, I don't need the sh$t I'm likely to get from some of you super-duper airplane owners who forgot your first plane.
Attitude aside, here's the, somewhat abbreviated, and entirely hypothetical, story...
Bought Ruby back in August in Virginia. Took an experienced 210 owner / CFI up there to pick her up. Brought her home, got the insurance required training out of the way, and away we went. Flew a few places and generally started getting to know her.
In October I flew to Gaston's. Leaving Denton, the gear wouldn't come up. I cycled it, no joy, so I landed and taxied to the shop. Nose wheel strut was all the way down. I don't think I missed that on preflight.
Away we go, uneventful flight and land at Gaston's. Some wisea@@ at Gaston's, probably BrYan, asked "Whats up with your prop?". I look and the tips are slightly bent. WTF!? All three blades and all are striated on the ends as if scraping concrete. No way did I scrape the prop on takeoff and NOT notice, but there it is.
Fly home, uneventful. Engine running great. Stop at Byam's Prop at Meacham for an opinion. He say "if youre not going to involve the engine, pull the prop and bring it over" and quoted me a pretty reasonable price. I tell my A&P to pull the prop and he whips out the SB regarding prop strikes. I panic and call the insurance company and it goes downhill from there.
The engine gets pulled and sent to Western Skyways for teardown and inspection. Early inspection shows case fretting. Later inspection shows major corrosion.
One MOH, a large check, and 5 months later the engine is back in the plane and I'm back in the air. Engine seems to be running better than before. Better climb rate, more power.
One interesting aside, Western Skyways sent back one part, a gear shaft out of the fuel pump. Most of the teeth on the front half of the gear are stripped. Mighta lost my fuel pump at some inconvenient point.
If you're still reading...fire away!
Attitude aside, here's the, somewhat abbreviated, and entirely hypothetical, story...
Bought Ruby back in August in Virginia. Took an experienced 210 owner / CFI up there to pick her up. Brought her home, got the insurance required training out of the way, and away we went. Flew a few places and generally started getting to know her.
In October I flew to Gaston's. Leaving Denton, the gear wouldn't come up. I cycled it, no joy, so I landed and taxied to the shop. Nose wheel strut was all the way down. I don't think I missed that on preflight.
Away we go, uneventful flight and land at Gaston's. Some wisea@@ at Gaston's, probably BrYan, asked "Whats up with your prop?". I look and the tips are slightly bent. WTF!? All three blades and all are striated on the ends as if scraping concrete. No way did I scrape the prop on takeoff and NOT notice, but there it is.
Fly home, uneventful. Engine running great. Stop at Byam's Prop at Meacham for an opinion. He say "if youre not going to involve the engine, pull the prop and bring it over" and quoted me a pretty reasonable price. I tell my A&P to pull the prop and he whips out the SB regarding prop strikes. I panic and call the insurance company and it goes downhill from there.
The engine gets pulled and sent to Western Skyways for teardown and inspection. Early inspection shows case fretting. Later inspection shows major corrosion.
One MOH, a large check, and 5 months later the engine is back in the plane and I'm back in the air. Engine seems to be running better than before. Better climb rate, more power.
One interesting aside, Western Skyways sent back one part, a gear shaft out of the fuel pump. Most of the teeth on the front half of the gear are stripped. Mighta lost my fuel pump at some inconvenient point.
If you're still reading...fire away!
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