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[b]Harrison Ford Discusses His Plane Crash[/b]

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I am sure the armchair experts here - the jealous ones -
will shit all over him for not handling it better, but perhaps
I could point out the fact that it was a young mechanic
that didn't know about locktite that caused the fuel stoppage
when the carburetor jets backed out.

This could have gone much worse for him.

No one remember the PT-22 crash in 1982 that killed
Jim Maloney and Jim Orton.  That can be a nasty little
aircraft.  It likes to enter an inverted spin at low altitude
which would kill most pilots that struggle with flying
straight and level in good weather with a working airplane.

Feel free to shit all over me, too, for daring to express
my opinion, but I happen to be the only airshow pilot
in North America with PT-20/21/22 on my SAC.

Shit away, armchair experts.  Let's see your SAC.

No one will shit on you here, we all screw up once n awhile. I do think Harrison Ford is a great ambassador for GA.

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=6276.msg16523#msg16523 date=1494898274]
perhaps
I could point out the fact that it was a young mechanic
that didn't know about locktite that caused the fuel stoppage
when the carburetor jets backed out.
[/quote]


I did read the report about the jets backing out. A quick question....Did Locktite or some sort of equivalent exist back in the '30's when this engine/carb were designed. If not, what was used in the old days to prevent this from happening.

[quote author=JW Scud link=topic=6276.msg16550#msg16550 date=1494958809]

I did read the report about the jets backing out. A quick question....Did Locktite or some sort of equivalent exist back in the '30's when this engine/carb were designed. If not, what was used in the old days to prevent this from happening.
[/quote]
I don't know how the jets were originally held in a Kinner's carb but I've seen cases where original manuals called for bolts to be staked or peened (sp?) and modern mechanics were too nervous to do that and did nothing instead, only to have important nuts rattle their way off.


You don't want your important nuts to rattle off.