Fearless Tower
Touchdown! Greaser!
Got a bad news phone call today from a friend of mine who is an A&P IA in the Fort Worth area.
Background: Last week I was finally able to fit into my schedule the time to move my 170 from San Diego to Norfolk. Made it about half-way....to just east of Plainview, TX and then diverted to Mineral Wells (friend has a hangar there) after loosing the right mag and had to fly commerical home.
Turns out the right mag was loose (had quite a bit of play when turning the prop by hand). Pulled the mag and a whole tooth was missing. We haven't found the piece inside, but the borecsope today confirmed that the accessory gears were badly damaged inside.
So.....looks like the engine is coming off. No idea what this is going to cost, but I suspect it won't be pretty
Any guesses how much this is going to cost?
Background: Last week I was finally able to fit into my schedule the time to move my 170 from San Diego to Norfolk. Made it about half-way....to just east of Plainview, TX and then diverted to Mineral Wells (friend has a hangar there) after loosing the right mag and had to fly commerical home.
Turns out the right mag was loose (had quite a bit of play when turning the prop by hand). Pulled the mag and a whole tooth was missing. We haven't found the piece inside, but the borecsope today confirmed that the accessory gears were badly damaged inside.
So.....looks like the engine is coming off. No idea what this is going to cost, but I suspect it won't be pretty
Any guesses how much this is going to cost?