N350ka
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Mooney accident Central Jersey, April 4, 2022…
N350ka replied to carusoam's topic in Mooney Safety & Accident Discussion
It’s been a few years since I posted here. I used to own 1XL. It was the last serial number Bravo. Just thought I’d put that in there. -
When I first had the issue I stopped immediately and had some mechanics look at it. They suspected a fuel leak and checked everything they could without being too invasive on the fuel system. (Pressure checked the lines, checked the tanks for contaminants, dropped the belly and checked the screen and gascolator) couldn’t find a thing and they basically told me “good luck” I’m going to make a point of having the fuel system thoroughly checked at annual (annual is at the end of the month)
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Are those known to help significantly? Trust me I’ve read that thread many times whilst sitting in the plane trying to fire it up almost killing both batteries.
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Any experience landing on a dirt strip in a Bravo?
N350ka replied to JohnB's topic in Mooney Bravo Owners
for what its worth i've taken my bravo into a few grass strips in ND and MN, its doable but I highly highly recommend ensuring the condition of the field and the length of the grass before giving it a shot. -
I had my mechanic take a look and they think y'all are correct about the fuel servo, Most of the time when I experience this its in level cruse flight after having been trimmed out for awhile. However I believe what youre describing is something I hav e experienced before, they are prone to these types of issues Level cruise flight is the only time I notice it, it seems to be well into the cruise never right after leaning. I run 20 degrees rich of peak typically. ( I try to keep the TIT's below 1600 and the CHTs below 400 at all times!) I noticed this in the last few long cross country flights ive been doing. Nothing in my procedures or techniques have changed recently. I wish I knew what to do about those! the last few months hot starts have literally become impossible. ive tried everything under the sun to get it going but it never works. I have fine wire plugs less than a year old, not sure about the ignition harness though. sorry for the late reply everyone and the video! I have a few more trips this week and it goes in for annual at the end of the month so that should identify some for these gremlins.
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hey everyone, sorry fir the issue with the video. Here is a re-upload of it! this is one of the more mild times it happened however it comes unannounced and its hard to catch. I had to sit there with my phone ready for this for about 7 minutes to catch this one! IMG_1277.m4v
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Im showing 93.2 in the last 90 days in my Bravo. Fun Fact too, I just found out my bravo is the last serial number bravo in the world as well.
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Thanks for the advice guys! This may or may not be related but over the last few months hot starts have become almost literally impossible. I happened to stop at my mechanics airport this morning so I’m going to see what they can find.
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Hey there everyone! I’m having a weird issue with my bravo. I’m having EGT fluctuations that happen in all cylinders at the same time. They first cool down 20-50 degrees then back up 60-70 and back to where they were when I leaned the engine out. This is in level cruse flight without any adjustments to the prop, mixture or throttle. My suspicion is the engine driven fuel pump. The only other correlated indication I’ve noticed is the fuel PSI gauge which will flicker from it’s normal cruise level of 40psi to 36 or so for just a second. Shortly thereafter the EGTs start their rollercoaster. Common sense tells us the engine is getting less gas during the rise and falls because of the rise and falls of the EGT and the correlated fuel PSI indication makes me believe the engine driven fuel pump is on its way out. I’ve attached a video of one of the more tame fluctuations I’ve managed to catch on video. Side note: I’ve had a mechanic check this out and I was told “I’ve never heard of an engine driven pump going out before” they didn’t find anything else relevant. Any help at all 20906550-E036-4103-9F85-CC15F5E65322.MOV is greatly greatly appreciated! 20906550-E036-4103-9F85-CC15F5E65322.MOV
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Hi yall! Its been awhile since I've been on so I figured id show my LED Upgrades. (Whelen Prometheus and Teledyne Alphabeams in the wing, Orion 650E in the wingtips and tail, Whelen 71080 on the belly) and Wig Waging the Recog lights because there is no STC for anything LED. IMG_0111.mov
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Update: Autopilot ended up being the Circuit board in the autopilot itself. Its out at STEC right now. Speed brakes have since stopped functioning to a large degree. 9/10 times they refuse to deploy and when they do they're still slamming into the wings. Precise flight want me to send them the logic box for them to inspect. Im not sending them the brakes themselves because they were sent down there about 2 months ago for the same issue I was told they were cleaned and the Clutches were replace. New problem!!!! Because the more the merrier! - I found that my static system is getting its sources from inside the cabin. i didn't realize this was an issue until I opened the storm window in flight and saw the altimeter jump around. When they were testing the autopilot they changed the altitude transducer so Theres an chance that fell off and theres the static comes from where that should be hooked up to. Has anyone experience something like this before? I've still been unable to find the fuse for the panel.
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they were sent to precise flight about 15-20 hours ago and theres about 700 hours on the airframe. and its a 2006. Thanks everyone for the replies I'm about to head out to the airport now to go fuse searching!
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Ive had several persistent maintaince issues that seem to be reoccurring and I was hoping that someone could shed some light on these issues. 1. Autopilot. So I know theres been many posts about what a horrid combination the G1000 and the Stec 55 is and Im learning this. Long story short whenever ANY pitch mode is activated the autopilot runs away. Typically up but sometimes down. So After a few trips to the shop my avionics tech has asked me to disconnect the Altitude Transducer from the Autopilot to see if that remedies the issue. I spent the better part of this afternoon trying to get find the damn thing to no avail. Im hoping someone can tell me just where the damn thing is on the plane. or if they have any wisdom on the subject. 2. Speed brakes. This has been confusing me for awhile. About half the time my speed brakes wont deploy on the ground and if they do when retracted they "Slam" back into the wings very fast and violently. They work 100 percent fine in flight. They were sent to Precise flight who told us there wasn't anything wrong with them. Its just annoying and Im worried about repeated events damaging the system. 3. pannel Backlighting. I was changing the Light bulb in the compass and saw a spark long story short i think i blew the fuse for this however i checked every fuse I could find and none of them were burnt out. Again Any wisdom? Thanks everyone in advance! this is my first plane and I'm trying to do everything to keep in the best shape I can!
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Update for Mooney WAAS, ADS-B Upgrades for Stec equipped planes
N350ka replied to sellis's topic in Modern Mooney Discussion
Has anyone heard anything Since the last posting on this thread? It caught my eye by chance and has now scared me about the possibilities/Price of upgrading as I'm one of those 20 STEC G1000 bravos and Id like to have WAAS as I'm finding a disproportionate number of ILS's vs ILS permanently out of service Notams. The other thing that worries me about the more recent posts Is who Samurai Husky talked to. If its the person I think it is, I wouldn't trust what he's said. He tried selling me an Mooney that ended up being pretty grossly misrepresented I have 0 Trust for anything said by the brothers running Delta aviation who shall remain unnamed. Im not sure about other peoples experiences but in my opinion used car salesmen have more integrity. That aside, it seems to me Mooney is too excited about their new endeavors to provide good support for some of their past ones. -
The guy insisted I use his head set Ive since done a good amount of aerobatics and haven't had many problems!
