---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 03/23/10: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:19 AM - Re: "Aside from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" (DaveG601XL) 2. 06:10 AM - Re: "Aside from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" (Carlos Sa) 3. 07:01 AM - Re: Re: Bad landing in southwest Ohio (Jim Belcher) 4. 10:54 AM - Re: Bad landing in southwest Ohio (Scotsman) 5. 03:21 PM - Re: Re: Bad landing in southwest Ohio (FLYaDIVE) 6. 03:41 PM - CHris Heintz' book (Jim Belcher) 7. 03:47 PM - Re: "Aside from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" (aprazer) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:19:31 AM PST US Subject: Zenith-List: Re: "Aside from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" From: "DaveG601XL" Kevin, all things considered, it was a great landing, you walked away. Here is my part of the story. Kevin called me early Saturday morning and I heard the dreaded words, "Dave, I lost oil pressure and crashed into a field." The lump in my throat was eased only by the fact that Kevin was telling me in his own voice. All he knew was that he was a little north-east of the airport we both fly out of. I could not get much more out of him as the police were rolling up and he had to go. Being a Firefighter in the same county I turned my radio on and found out which Fire/EMS department was arriving on the scene so at least I knew which township Kevin was in. From there I called our EAA chapter's Tech Counselor, Gary Collins, and gave him what little information I knew. Gary asked what he could do to help and I told him to start lining up a trailer. Through my fire department contacts, I was able to get the address Kevin was at. I arrived right after the ambulance left as Kevin did not require any medical treatment. The State Police were still there and the first of many news vans had pulled up. It was great to see Kevin walking around, and laughing, with the trooper. The FAA had deferred the scene investigation to the police and they wrapped up their paperwork rather quickly. The airplane was already released to Kevin when I arrived. We found some wood blocks and cribbed up the firewall in order to get the airplane's nose out of the dirt. With the bottom cowling off, we quickly found the cause of the oil loss, a split hose. As Kevin stated, his older model Jabiru had the oil cooler with barbed connections. The new style coolers have threaded connections that allow the use of AN fittings and over-braid hose. I highly recommend anyone using the older cooler with barbed connections review their installation and strongly consider updating it. I drove Kevin to the airport and we picked up a bunch of tools and fuel cans. We also heard from Gary that he located a trailer and he launched off our way. I commend Kevin for his calm demeanor during all of this. I would have been an emotional wreck. We had the fuel drained out and the wings of fairly quickly and waited for the trailer to arrive. Luckily, the field was not too wet and had easy access from the farm's driveway. The Zodiac's main gear is wider than any typical trailers so Gary brought several long 2x4's with. We secured them to the trailer bed with one end sticking over the side about 1.5 feet. Fortunately the Zodiac fuselage is not too heavy and four of us were able to man-handle the fuselage on the trailer. After the short drive to the airport, we returned with a wing cradle and had everything cleared out of the field. Kevin commented afterwards that when he called me he did not expect me to have to drop what I was doing and come help out. All I could say was that we are an aviation "community" and that nobody in this scenario hesitated even a second to jump on board to help a fellow pilot out of a jam. Hope to see you flying again soon! -------- David Gallagher 601 XL/Jabiru 3300 First flight 7/24/08 116.5 hours and holding (incorporating upgrade) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=291391#291391 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:10:50 AM PST US Subject: Re: Zenith-List: "Aside from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" From: Carlos Sa Kevin, first and foremost, I am glad you are not hurt! All the damage on the airframe is energy that did not "dissipate on your body". I think the play was great - of course there's popcorn on the floor, but that can be cleaned. Carlos CH601-HD, plans do not archive On 22 March 2010 22:34, kkinney wrote: > > (This quote courtesy of Dave Gallagher.) > > As you've all seen from the photos, I landed off-field Saturday morning. > > I was conducting a routine test flight and was about 1/3 way through my > test script. I got a low oil pressure reading and smoke in the cockpit. > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:01:41 AM PST US From: Jim Belcher Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Re: Bad landing in southwest Ohio On Monday 22 March 2010 16:18:21 you wrote: > P.S. Just this morning I learned I was 1 of only 23 female 2010 U.S. > Physics Team semi-finalists (+ 273 males = 296 total). Congratulations from an aging fizzelist! That stuff isn't easy, so what you did is all the more impressive. -- ======================================= Jim B. Belcher BS,MS Physics A&P/IA General Radio Telephone Certificate Instrument Rated Pilot Retired Aerospace Technical Manager Semi-proficient Househusband ======================================= ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:54:55 AM PST US Subject: Zenith-List: Re: Bad landing in southwest Ohio From: "Scotsman" If the owner had done the upgrade but not put the "t" on the side skin would there not still be an additional line of A5 rivets for the reinforced forward spar upright? -------- Cell +27 83 675 0815 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=291454#291454 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:21:07 PM PST US Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Re: Bad landing in southwest Ohio From: FLYaDIVE SEXIST! Oh, wait... I would rather LQQK at 24 girls than 24 guys. Barry On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Sabrina wrote: > > Since they pick 24 finalists, I was hoping all 23 girls would make the team. > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=291346#291346 > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 03:41:36 PM PST US From: Jim Belcher Subject: Zenith-List: CHris Heintz' book I received a review copy of Chris Heintz new book, which is entitled something like "Flying Your Own WIngs." I'll post a review here as soon as I get a chance to read it. -- ======================================= Jim B. Belcher BS,MS Physics A&P/IA General Radio Telephone Certificate Instrument Rated Pilot Retired Aerospace Technical Manager Semi-proficient Househusband ======================================= ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 03:47:02 PM PST US Subject: Zenith-List: Re: "Aside from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" From: "aprazer" Kevin, Thanks for sharing the details about your accident with us. I'm glad that you were able to walk away from it, but I am sorry that your bird will be out of commission for a while. If you need anything, let us know. Mack -------- The poh-oh-unemployed farm boy from Idaho Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=291487#291487 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.