by Mike Busch | Mar 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Under the FARs, an annual inspection is a pass-fail test. Sometimes failing is the best course of action. Of the nearly 200 rules in Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, far and away the most expensive for most aircraft owners is this one:...
by Mike Busch | Feb 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
How do you decide when it’s time to overhaul your engine? If not at TBO, then when? Regular readers of this column know that I’m not a big fan of the idea of overhauling engines at TBO. I consider engine TBO to be a thoroughly discredited concept that has cost...
by Mike Busch | Jan 1, 2012 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
The best way to diagnose an engine problem is usually in the air. “My engine started running rough about halfway home yesterday,” my client reported, “so I dropped it off at the service center. Could you please work with my mechanic to troubleshoot this problem?”...
by Mike Busch | Dec 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
When are manufacturer-specified inspection, overhaul and replacement intervals mandatory for a Part 91 operator? “It has been six years since your propeller was last overhauled, so we’re going to have to overhaul it this year as required by Hartzell.” “Your magnetos...
by Mike Busch | Nov 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
My 1979 T310R is equipped with a Shadin fuel totalizer which—like my fuel gauges—is calibrated in pounds of fuel (rather than gallons). So when the price of 100LL reached $6.00 per gallon, I half-jokingly turned to a pilot friend who was flying with me in the right...
