Originally Posted by
Feral FO
I have seen the engine to LST. One piston was completely destroyed, apparently from striking the exhaust valve. Unusual for an engine with only approximately a hundred hours service.
Clearly the pilot is beyond reproach.
Surprisingly enough, after doing such a good job with the forced landing, the instructor is no longer employed. Certainly a bizarre turn of events, and the rumours at Bankstown are flying around regarding this one!
i completely fail to understand this. A CFI at a bankstown training school today told me exactly the same thing, that the pilot was fired for it.
Someone explain how a mechanical failure can be attributed to the instructor? Especially when it happened not long after takeoff? What do you have to do, takeoff with the mixture leaned to near idle cut off ?