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Brian Furnell - Nov 27,2015
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So.... all started with really wanting to fly today. Had great plans to go do some water work on this almost December 60 plus degree day. Got to the airport early fueled the plane and checking things over waiting for the fog to clear. Forecast was decent with 4000 ceiling and wind less than 10. Go to start the plane, dead battery, guess I cycled the gear too many times checking it out after the repaint. No biggie, get a jump and the engines running. Let it warm up on the ramp for a while to get the battery back in reasonable shape. Shut it down and get ready to go. After uneventful restart I taxi out to the run up area. Hmm... why is the oil pressure so low.. showing 27lbs at idle and 140 temp. So I head back to the ramp. Clean the wire terminal on the pressure sender,check the oil again and restart, psi back in the high 60's. Lets go!! Take off with what seemed calm wind and get to about 500 ft and the roller coaster ride starts. Headed north for long island sound and found smooth air over water. Just 20min into flight with a groundspeed in the high 90 knot I headed for a lake until I hit a wall of fog and clouds at the conn. shoreline and have to do a 180. Im at 1700 ft with what seems like a 2000ft ceiling so I go down low and buzz all the guys fishing, descending with 4500 rpm and keeping the air speed in check (50 something mph over the ground..errr....) . As I just about get to 500ft the engine coughs, no , it really did... and it wasn't because I was over open water and low. Suspect ice as there was visible moisture in the air, well check it out later. I pour the coals to it and back up to 1500 in a hurry, shes making great power so icing threat is gone for now. Back to the airport over land I find the same roller coaster ride, but it lasts almost twice as long (50 something over the ground) and is enough to toss a few things around the cockpit. Cleared to land, GREAT, cant wait to get on the ground. Tower calls wind 300 at 12 peak gust 17 landing runway 19. ummmmm....what wrong with runway 32 im thinking... time to get to work... For me that is a lot to handle with a whole 20 landings or so under my belt in the seyrey. Make short work of it without much trouble and I taxi back to parking. Get out of the plane before I push back and have a look at the carbs, what a sweaty mess, water dripping off at about a drop a second, ice... confirmed. push back and couldn't be happier to but the ropes back on and get some lunch. all in all... should have taken the battery out and went home. But I did learn a lot today, about myself and the airplane.
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Kenneth Leonard - Nov 29,2015
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Certainly ice is a likely culprit, but be sure to pull your carb bowls and look very carefully for the tiniest droplet of water in the
bottom corner. Use a flashlight and it's hard to see. That has historically been the cause of engine caugh but usually at higher
power settings.
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Nickens, Dan - Nov 29,2015
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Learning a lot is an excellent outcome, Brian. Congratulations on gaining the experience without paying for any repairs.
Maybe I'm getting cantankerous in my advancing age, but I think would have politely asked the tower jockey to explain his runway selection. If I didn't like the explanation I might say I needed a runway more into the wind. If he disagreed, I might get impolite, declare an emergency (Lord knows you had good cause) and tell him that's what I'm doing. It's unlikely to create any issues and I'm guessing the guy wouldn't be excited about explaining his runway choice.
If you care to bring this up on the technical site, I'm sure you'd get some good recommendations on dealing with the icing issue.
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Jeff Arnold - Dec 03,2015
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I will always remember landing my Searey at Tampa International on runway 36 with winds 070 at 17 gust 22. Runway 9 was
closed for construction. Actually it was only closed for arrivals due to a crane off the approach end. It was open for departures
according to ATIS. I gave good thought to declaring an emergency and advising the tower I was landing on 9, but I didn't have
the guts to do it. I made a very interesting, but uneventful landing on 36.
I always wondered how the declaring an emergency decision would have worked out......
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Daniel Paul Myers - Nov 30,2015
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Luckily Brian is one of those guys that was easy to teach. Good instincts and reactions (also very mechanically inclined). He's ice
cold! Good job, Brian.
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