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Old 9th Apr 2008, 13:22
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In 15,000 hours of flying the only engine failure due to mechanical failure I saw in an aeroplane I used to fly, happened to a new PA32 that had flown the pacific on it's delivery flight. It suffered a broken camshaft at 200 hours.
I did have two turbocharger failures which rendered the engine useless, but the engine was intact, and worked fine when the turbo was replaced.
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