Jab down....again!!!

[rick-p]

Powerin the above is not directed at you it is a general observation only!

 

 

[rick-p]

Rick, in the Pilot Notes (minor or no injury) from May 07 to Mar 12 (about half the magazines) there were 8 Rotax 912 engine failures which required forced landings.These were:

 

1 Carbs overflowing

 

1 Vapour lock

 

1 engine failure, no cause specified

 

1 oil leakage around filter

 

1 spark plug fell out

 

1 circlips

 

1 oil pressure

 

1 tailpipe separated late final

 

You could probably put down all but three of these to obvious maintenance issues,

 

I'm yet to do the other half of the magazines, but if we were to double the figures, then the Pilot Notes forced landings for a month under five years would sum up as:

 

Jabiru: approx 70, mostly mechanical failure

 

Rotax 912: approx 16, mostly poor maintenance

 

That's a rough guide, but I'm working through the spread sheeting and will eventually have exact numbers and exact causes on the published reports.

Your quick off the mark!

 

 

[turboplanner]

He probably knows that Rick so that's OK, we both have tried to do an objective assessment of the situation.