scandtours
10-01-2010, 04:56 AM
Last Sunday a Bensen with a 582 made a dead stick landing due to engine fuel “starvation...”
It was flying four hundred ft high, coming down for landing from a long distance trip. Few hundred meter away from the airfield the engine stopped and the pilot made a perfect landing in the field.
After closd inspections both carbs and fuel lines were dry (tank still had10 lts of fuel.)
The fuel pump was three years old, the diaphragms never been replaced since new and it has unknown op hours.
The pilot received a new pump long time ago, but I don’t know why, he did not replace it. He just waited to be happened maybe…
Replacing the diaphragms (fuel pump rebuild kit) the engine run like a watch again.
How often do you replace you fuel pump diaphragms? If I remember correct Rotax says once every year and/or before a certain amount of hours of op.
I am happy I must say that, I never let students to fly the circle solo unless they can control engine out landings. Sooner or later, dead stick landings will happen.
It was flying four hundred ft high, coming down for landing from a long distance trip. Few hundred meter away from the airfield the engine stopped and the pilot made a perfect landing in the field.
After closd inspections both carbs and fuel lines were dry (tank still had10 lts of fuel.)
The fuel pump was three years old, the diaphragms never been replaced since new and it has unknown op hours.
The pilot received a new pump long time ago, but I don’t know why, he did not replace it. He just waited to be happened maybe…
Replacing the diaphragms (fuel pump rebuild kit) the engine run like a watch again.
How often do you replace you fuel pump diaphragms? If I remember correct Rotax says once every year and/or before a certain amount of hours of op.
I am happy I must say that, I never let students to fly the circle solo unless they can control engine out landings. Sooner or later, dead stick landings will happen.