M20F Engine out at night over WY

[neilpilot]

Apologize if this is already posted on MS.  Danny Bauer’s F N118RC.  Interesting photo of engine damage.

https://www.facebook.com/danny.bauer.526/posts/4292442984147864

 

[FloridaMan]

I don’t have Facebook. Any chance you can repost here?

[neilpilot]

[Culver LFA]

1 hour ago, FloridaMan said:

I don’t have Facebook. Any chance you can repost here?

 

[toto]

Sheez.  I've got to say that "engine out at night over inhospitable terrain" is probably the scenario that most makes me think "yeah, I can see how a person would want a BRS."

[Mcstealth]

Oh snap!

[M016576]

Looks like he was able to land on a highway.. that can be challenging to identify at night with low illumination.  Impressive work- glad everyone is OK!

[aviatoreb]

Wow - kudos pilot!!!

[ArtVandelay]

Looks like he was able to land on a highway.. that can be challenging to identify at night with low illumination.  Impressive work- glad everyone is OK!

The plus side is this Wyoming…so traffic I would expect to be minimal.
I’ve thought about this, I think the option would be to aim for charted bodies of water. To me urban areas would most dangerous:

[FloridaMan]

Did a lifter bind?

[MikeOH]

14 minutes ago, FloridaMan said:

Did a lifter bind?

Looks like it managed to free itself up, though

[carusoam]

Who else should I invite to the engine out thread with the good results…  -a-

@M20Doc

@mike_elliott

Modern cut-away views look so realistic… 

Great work PIC!

[Yetti]

What's going on here?

[Ragsf15e]

4 hours ago, Yetti said:

What's going on here?

And I’m new to exploding engines, but shouldn’t there be an oily mess everywhere?  That must have been very loud and exciting!

[EricJ]

1 hour ago, Ragsf15e said:

And I’m new to exploding engines, but shouldn’t there be an oily mess everywhere?  That must have been very loud and exciting!

If it seized right away there might not have been much action to sling it out, but it's definitely notable.   In some of the pics there's oil on the cowl and the windscreen, but not a ton.    The pics of the engine failure at NY (last year?) had oil freaking everywhere, but I think it was either windmilling or still making some power for some time after the crankcase ventilation was achieved.

[Guest]

It looks like cylinder #1 connecting rod failed.

Clarence

[M20F]

Little JB Weld will fix that 

[Yetti]

2 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

And I’m new to exploding engines, but shouldn’t there be an oily mess everywhere?  That must have been very loud and exciting!

Don't think oil everywhere but some oil somewhere.   There is pressurized oil up there and unless it sized the oil pump moves along of oil with one rotation.

[MikeOH]

45 minutes ago, M20F said:

Little JB Weld will fix that 

Oh, I'm thinking it'll take more than a little;  contractor pack, I suspect

[arikanoandy]

That is a new camshaft preflight inspection access point.

[steingar]

If my engine takes a dump over hostile terrain I assume Odin has decided I belong in Valhalla.  I get it down with a whole skin I'll chalk that up to my mad piloting skilz.