PaulB Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 Long time lurker here but this is my first post. Anyone know who flys N40MJ? I was flying in NE Texas close to the Arkansas border on Monday and hear N40MJ call center and report a loss of oil pressure in flight and had to divert. Wanted to make sure he landed safely. Quote
Cruiser Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 according to flightaware N40MJ is a 1993 J model owned by JIM D DEIDIKER ROGERS, AR It looks like the flight last Monday ended successfully at Mena Intermountain Muni (KMEZ) arouond 6:55 CDT. Quote
DonMuncy Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 By the way, the FAA has an N number look-up, so you can find any airplane's info. Quote
The-sky-captain Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 Yes, that guy is based at my airport and flies back and forth to Houston several times a week. Hope all is well, I have not heard anything to think otherwise. Quote
The-sky-captain Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 FYI Mena is where a lot of the local guys get their engines overhauled with Robert Smith. I've used him as well and it's a top notch shop Quote
jetdriven Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 Just don't get it painted there. They sand the plane with 320 grit and a DA sander which removes all the alclad. I ran from that place screaming, fired up my 201 and headed back home at max cruise power. Quote
DonMuncy Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 Byron, Specify which shop. Was it Robert Smith's place. I had my plane done at Mena Aircraft Painting and Doug Blair did a strip and paint. I am extremely pleased almost 10 years later. 1 Quote
TWinter Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 Gotta go with Don on that one. Doug did a great job on mine. There are several paint shops on the field at Mena though. I'm sure a few good and a few not so good. Quote
The-sky-captain Posted March 20, 2014 Report Posted March 20, 2014 DonMuncy- Robert Smith's shop, Mena Aircraft Engines, does nothing but engine overhauls. There are 4 or 5 paint shops at the Mena airport at any given time. 1 Quote
PaulB Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Posted March 20, 2014 Yes, that guy is based at my airport and flies back and forth to Houston several times a week. Hope all is well, I have not heard anything to think otherwise. His engine was still running when they handed him off to the next controller so hopefully it was just a bad indicator. Sounds like Mena's a good place to divert to though. Quote
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