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-   -   Wittering Tutor in a field (https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/613957-wittering-tutor-field.html)

sycamore 12th Oct 2018 17:48
Is it back to a `firma terra`,or still looking for the lowest tender....?

Onceapilot 12th Oct 2018 18:38
Bloody hell! That field looks better than most allied airfields in France after D-Day! If the kite is "S", send a pilot to fly it out! :ok:

OAP

beardy 12th Oct 2018 20:48
Originally Posted by Onceapilot (Post 10272321)
Bloody hell! That field looks better than most allied airfields in France after D-Day! If the kite is "S", send a pilot to fly it out! :ok:

OAP
Very helpful and informative, thank you.

Plumbob44 28th Oct 2018 08:10
The field was actually not that big. Photo taken on a mobile phone has a very wide angle lens which exaggerates distance. Take my word for it I was there but not the photographer! Touch down was 1/4 distance into the available area and the ac stopped 70 mtrs short of the tall vegetation although there was the option of curving right to parallel it.
The ac was recovered with wings removed the next day.

Beancountercymru 10th Jan 2019 11:36
The AAIB have reported
 

NutLoose 10th Jan 2019 12:02
WTF is that abortion, have they not heard of quick release drains, the engine would incidentally have come from Lycoming with a wire locked sump plug, they have replaced it with that, heck you can see the locking tab for it on the bottom of the sump housing...talk about bad engineering, even the thread into the sump is National Pipe Taper as a double safety point, that cap isn't. It's not rocket science to rectify.

Here, try these

Oil Drain Valve, Lycoming Thread 1/2 inch NPT, from Saf-Air, sa-p5000 - Chief Aircraft Inc.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages...psumpvalve.php

beardy 10th Jan 2019 12:59
Persons on Board: Crew - 1 Passengers - None
Commander’s Licence: Commercial Pilot’s
Licence Commander’s Age: 74 years
The value of old age and cunning leading to a successful forced landing.

India Four Two 10th Jan 2019 14:46
There is no requirement for the oil cap to be wire locked on the Grob 115E, which is equipped with a modified (inverted) engine oil system to cater for aerobatic manoeuvres. The maintenance organisation considered that the most likely scenario is that the drain cap was not correctly secured after the engine was installed.
If it is not wire-locked, what kind of "correctly secured" is the MO talking about? Using a torque wrench?


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