by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
A few minutes after noon on Saturday, James Watson A&P/IA heard his smartphone beep to alert him to an incoming text message. The message read: “N1357B is AOG at O59. Engine lost power. Had to make an emergency landing. Phillip 503-708-1212.” James was the on-call...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Jack is an Albuquerque-based pilot looking to purchase his first airplane. Despite his being a first-time buyer, he had his heart set on buying a piston twin. (Apparently he didn’t read Mike’s 1997 AVweb article Do You Really Want a Twin? which makes a...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“There appears to be a spike in the #5 CHT on the most recent flight of our SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad,” Mark wrote on his SavvyAnalysis Pro ticket. “The plane seemed okay afterwards, but the #5 EGT is now running higher than normal. Could you take a look, please?” Savvy’s...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“During an attempt to dial the prop flange of the Lycoming O-540 in my 1968 Piper PA-28-235 Pathfinder, it was noticed the crankshaft would chatter while rotating it slowly,” Frank said in his initial post to a SavvyQA ticket. “My mechanic says ‘it feels like...
by Mike Busch | Dec 7, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Piper introduced the PA-28-235 Cherokee Pathfinder in 1963 as its competitive answer to the Cessna 182 Skylane. Powered by a 235-hp Lycoming O-540 engine with a gross weight of 2,900 pounds, it could “lift anything you could close the doors on.” In 1972, Piper...
