N7266K

Piper PA-18 None injury — operator not yet resolved

ATA 2820

NR 1 ENGINE FUEL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO BASE. MX FOUND A LOOSE B-NUT ON PRESSURE SWITCH. B-NUT WAS TIGHTENED AND AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND RUN AND LEAK CHECKED.

ATA 2820

APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, NR 1 FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE BASE. SUSPECTED RESTRICTED FUEL FLOW, REPLACED FUEL PUMP, FUEL CONTROL AND FUEL FILTER.

ATA 3210

WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ON. FOUND TIE DOWN RING EXTENDED, REPOSITIONED TIEDOWN RING.

ATA 3210

HAD UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION AFTER PLACING LANDING GEAR LEVER DOWN. RECYCLED GEAR LEVER SEVERAL TIMES, SAME INDICATION, NO LT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WITH A RED UNSAFE LIGHT. FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE CHECKLIST AND RETURNED TO BASE.

ATA 3150

MASTER CAUTION FAILURE.

ATA 7321

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, WE WENT TO 3,500 FEET AND ENTERED AUTOROTATION BY RETARDING BOTH ENGINE LEVERS TO IDLE. AFTER ESTABLISHING A STABILIZED AUTOROTATIONAL GLIDE, I BEGAN THE RECOVERY BY FIRST MOVING THE NR 2 ENGINE LEVER BACK TO FLY. I THEN STARTED MOVING THE NR 1 ENGINE LEVER TO FLY. ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN IDLE AND FLY, THE ENGINE QUIT. RATHER THAN TRY TO RESTART THE ENGINE IN FLIGHT, WE PROCEEDED TO ABBEVILLE AIRPORT AND PERFORMED A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. AFTER MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE ENGINE, WE STARTED BOTH ENGINES AND CHECKED NR 1 BY MOVING THE ENGINE LEVER DIRECTLY TO “FLY” AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL, BUT WE DECIDED TO REPEAT THE CHECK. WHEN I MOVED THE ENGINE LE

ATA 6220

THE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE ELASTOMERIC BEARING. WHILE CLEANING THE SPINDLE BEFORE INSTALLING THE NEW BEARING, THE SHOP TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THE CRACKED SPINDLE.

ATA 6320

APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AFTER DEPARTING SMI 61C, MAIN TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT CORRESPONDING MASTER CAUTION LIGHT. POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, IAW THE RFM, WAS INTIATED. LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH, RETURNED TO SMI 61C AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD 34 MINUTES OF FLIGHT TIME ON CLOCK AT THE TIME OF ILLUMINATION. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS AN AVIATION MECHANIC, (GLEN PATCH) WHO CONTACTED MAINTENANCE.

ATA 5610

WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. CRACK RUNS INBOARD TOWARD CENTER OF WINDSHIELD FROM RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR CRACKING IN THESE WINDSHIELDS BEFORE. THE MECHANICS INVOLVED THINK THIS CRACKING IS DUE TO THE STRESSES CREATED BY POOR FITTING WINDSHIELDS. THE WINDSHIELDS DO NOT MATCH AIRCRAFT CONTOURS VERY WELL. REPLACED WINDSHIELD.

ATA 6730

PILOT VALVE INPUT ROD TURN BARREL HAD BROKEN RETAINING BOLT. THIS ENABLED THE BARREL TO TURN WHICH COULD ALTER THE SERVO TIMING. REPLACED MAIN ROTOR ASSEMBLY.

ATA 7510

PART IS DEFECTIVE.THE GREEN ANTI -ICE ADVISORY LIGHT WAS REMAINING ON REGARDLESS OF SWITCH POSITION. THE ANTI -ICE SOLENOID VALVE WAS REPLACED BUT DID LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE ANTI-ICE SOLENOID WAS REPLACED AGAIN AND THE PROBLEM WAS CURED. SOLENOID WAS REPLACED.

ATA 2435

BRUSHES ARE CHIPPED. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE BRUSHES HAVE BEEN BREAKING OFF. THE LEAD WIRE THAT IS RIVITED AND SOLDERED COMES LOOSE POSSIBLY DUE TO OVERHEATING. REPLACED BRUSHES.

ATA 7200

PART IS LEAKING OIL. OIL SEAL HAD BECOME DISPLACED FROM FUEL PUMP DRIVE SEAL BORE IN ENGINE GEARBOX. OIL WAS COMING OUT OF THE FUEL PUMP CASE DRAIN, THROUGH THE DRAIN HOSE AND OUT OF THE DRAIN CLUSTER ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. FUEL PUMP WAS REMOVED, THE DRIVE SEAL WAS REPLACED WITH NEW SEAL AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REINSTALLED.

ATA 7200

N-1 WENT TO ZERO, ENGINE OUT AUDIO CAME ON, ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ON

ATA 2435

PART IS LOOSE. DRIVE SHAFT BECAME LOOSE WHEN FRICTION RING DISINTAGRATED. REPLACED STARTER GENERATOR.

ATA 2430

PART CIRCUIT-SHORTED. REPLACED RELAY

ATA 6730

CRACKED MOUNTING FLANGE. REPLACED T/R SERVO.

ATA 3340

ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT LENS CAME UNGLUED AT SEAMS. REPLACED LENS.