TALK ABOUT LUCK!

In 1998 I was traveling quite extensively in my LongEZ between California and Ohio. While spending several weeks at a time in Ohio, I would go out and explore the area . On one flight, I noticed an unusual sound and vibration. I reduced power and headed toward the airport. A careful examination reveled nothing out of the ordinary. Cranked it back up and went out for another test hop. Just about the time I rotated, the sound and vibration came back. Once around the pattern and this time, the plane isn't flying until I get to the bottom of this.

We pulled oil filters, oil screens, spark plugs, motor mounts, EVERYTHING SEEMED OK. In a frustrating moment, I turned and leaned against the prop.

WOOW, It ain't supposed to do THAT!!!

When I leaned against the prop, the whole prop twisted about 3 inches. The blade I pushed against moved forward and the opposite blade moved back.

Obviously, something was BROKE. The bolts were OK, the extension was OK, It initially appeared like the flange had somehow separated from the crankshaft.

I removed the prop/extension assembly from the flange, initially, everything looked ok, UNTIL A CLOSER EXAMINATION.

A crack had spread around Five of the Six lighting holes. Only that 3/4 inch piece of metal (one lighting hole) was holding the prop on the plane. If this had been a tractor plane, the prop would probably had departed LONG ago, Fortunately, the PUSH probably delayed this disaster long enough for me to "accidentally" discover it.

The bottom line in all this is "LISTEN TO YOUR PLANE" It will normally tell you when it is getting ready to KILL you.

   

Waiter

LongEZ N961EZ

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