Emergency landing today Troutdale, OR

Ron Wanttaja writes:

Newly purchased homebuilt that was constructed by someone else. A Harmon
Rocket, I believe.

Still, the same principles apply: A new aircraft shouldn't have engine
trouble. If the pilot paid to have it constructed, the constructor
owes him something.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Ron Wanttaja writes:

Newly purchased homebuilt that was constructed by someone else. A
Harmon Rocket, I believe.

Still, the same principles apply: A new aircraft shouldn't have engine
trouble. If the pilot paid to have it constructed, the constructor
owes him something.

You are making assuptions again that it was some problem with the aircraft
and not the operator or a third party like a fuel dealer.

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

You are making assuptions again that it was some problem with the aircraft
and not the operator or a third party like a fuel dealer.

Usually, when an engine starts sputtering, it's an engine problem. GA
aircraft are terribly prone to this, unfortunately.

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Newly purchased homebuilt that was constructed by someone else. A
Harmon Rocket, I believe.

Still, the same principles apply: A new aircraft shouldn't have engine
trouble. If the pilot paid to have it constructed, the constructor
owes him something.

You are making assuptions again that it was some problem with the aircraft
and not the operator or a third party like a fuel dealer.


Picky Picky!

That sort of thing may not be fully modelled in MSFS...

Peter ;-)))

Mxsmanic wrote:
Ron Wanttaja writes:

Newly purchased homebuilt that was constructed by someone else. A Harmon
Rocket, I believe.

Still, the same principles apply: A new aircraft shouldn't have engine
trouble. If the pilot paid to have it constructed, the constructor
owes him something.



You're in so far over your head and you don't even know it.

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:21:03 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:

Ron Wanttaja writes:

Newly purchased homebuilt that was constructed by someone else. A Harmon
Rocket, I believe.

Still, the same principles apply: A new aircraft shouldn't have engine
trouble. If the pilot paid to have it constructed, the constructor
owes him something.

"Newly purchased," not "newly built." The airplane is registered as a 1997
model.

Ron Wanttaja

Mxsmanic wrote:
This is a new aircraft and the engine fails on the first flight?
Something is not right.

The aircraft was built in 1997. The reporter was wrong to call it a brand-
new plane. It was recently purchased by the latest owner.

Jim Logajan writes:

The aircraft was built in 1997. The reporter was wrong to call it a brand-
new plane. It was recently purchased by the latest owner.

Ah. That makes much more sense.

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On Feb 2, 12:05 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Jim Logajan writes:
The aircraft was built in 1997. The reporter was wrong to call it a brand-
new plane. It was recently purchased by the latest owner.

Ah. That makes much more sense.

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It looks like you know more than I do.
In what way does this make more sence?

-Kees.

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It looks like you know more than I do.
In what way does this make more sence?

A used aircraft would be more likely to have engine problems, unless
it were perfectly maintained, which is improbable. A new engine
should run perfectly for some reasonable time, irrespective of any
maintenance.

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