Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:03 pm
#518197
Henry wrote:Our engineers do a lot of pre-purchase inspections. I asked them how common it was to find this level of poor quality maintenance, to which the reply was "very". They said a lot of buyers actually take offence when told that their shiny prospective new aircraft is actually a deathtrap held together by chewing gum and luck.
I was pointed to a selection of evidence in their hangar including an engine with rather bent prop still attached. The visiting aircraft had failed to make it off the short runway because it was not developing anywhere near enough power. The reason for this was that when the carb had been refitted a large piece of twisted lockwire had been clamped between the carb/inlet mating faces
Seem to recall that as a TB10 incident. uh oh ... its libel time !!!