DVA1296
First Officer, B737-800
Joined on July 05 2003
Southeastern United States
14 legs, 21.9 hours
14 legs,
21.9 hours online
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Posted onPost created on
April 04 2004 16:37 ET by Chanse Watson
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Well,
Today was a nice day. Winds were switching from the North and West. We departed 27, which is not even a hundred feet to our left from the school. We taxiied out and did our runup. Everything appeared to be fine.
Called the tower, was cleared to takeoff for right closed traffic. All is well on the upwind, xwind, downwind and base. I had it on final, flaps full and on the glideslope. Right before touchdown, Tower instructed, " Cessna 26B, go around, traffic 2 mile final runway 36L, enter right traffic". Responded and did the go around for a steep climb to get over the approach path of 36L. That's what started this trip to be an interesting, but short adventure.
From our crosswind to download leg, I notice a little "rumbling" of the engine, so did my instructor. This happened as I powered back to 2000 RPMs, leveling at the pattern altitude of 800'. We played around with the magnetos, masters, mixture, carb heat and it still occurred. We were following a Piper in the pattern for 27, luckily he was on the upwind.
We brought the power out and it sounded so close to dying, so close that maybe if we held it in long enough, it would give out. Since we were already cleared touch and go on the downwind leg we kept fiddling with the controls. It was getting worse and worse. We then both decided to land this baby and see what we can do on the ground.
I requested a full stop "Tower, Cessna 26B, request a full stop". We got our clearance to land. We didn't want to notify of any emergancy, until the engine was out or if we were number 2 or 3 in the pattern, then we would have requested it.
My instructor took the controls and was on final, faster than normal to keep the airplane going around 100kts. We touched down a quarter of the way down and turn right and tuned ground and taxied back to the school.
There was no water in the tank, or else it would be noticeable at the bottom of the test tube, and we don't think the gas was bad. Yet, it could be. I did refill the oil to an appropriate level but didn't make it to the safest level so that could've been the problem. Wasn't far off either. Still flyable.
It was fairly interesting actually. Only receive .2 hours but it was worth the learning experience, because if this happens to me this weekend on my solo, I'll know the procedures and know what to do. Better yet, I didn't have to pay for it
Just thought I'd share with you all.
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DVA822
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on September 05 2002
Quincentenary Club
Million Mile Club
"I love the smell of jet fuel"
Northeastern United States
589 legs, 2,254.6 hours
47 legs,
112.9 hours online
97 legs,
400.7 hours ACARS
16 legs,
39.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 04 2004 16:53 ET by Trevor Fenimore
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DVA497
Senior Captain, A330-300
Joined on June 02 2002
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Black Pearl Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Hong Kong Island Hong Kong
1,206 legs, 3,000.7 hours
171 legs,
325.8 hours online
585 legs,
1,498.3 hours ACARS
7 legs,
13.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 04 2004 19:52 ET by Pablo Fraga
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DVA544
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on October 24 2001
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club
Southeastern United States
329 legs, 661.4 hours
186 legs,
368.2 hours online
47 legs,
90.0 hours ACARS
7 legs,
22.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 05 2004 06:01 ET by Joe DeGregorio
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