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PA32 N841AD dead stick on highway

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Airborne_Again wrote:

According to Silvaire’s link above, it was N841AD.

Indeed, I’m an idiot, I tried, but I could not edit my post for some reason. Thanks!

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LSGY, Switzerland

According to Silvaire’s link above, it was N841AD.

ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

Anyone catch a tail number? I’m always curious what causes these engine failures, so I can avoid them. Many seem to be either running out of fuel, fuel mismanagement, or maintenance gone wrong. Sudden, catastrophe engine failure is thankfully rare.

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LSGY, Switzerland

Dan wrote:

blisters been added when the upgrade from 4 to 6 cylinders was done.

Why would a PA32 have had a 4 cylinder engine?

ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

Heat damage with amateur repair work started and never completed.

Equally interesting to me is why the top cowl was removed at the scene when the fuselage had burned up, and why three hops to and from Chino and a short local flight were done earlier that morning. I’d suppose with zero other factual info. that they might have been test flying to resolve an issue with the plane, But who knows.

Last Edited by Silvaire at 10 Aug 21:29

blisters been added when the upgrade from 4 to 6 cylinders was done. Would have to be done again when going for 8 cylinders, alas…

Dan
ain't the Destination, but the Journey
LSZF, Switzerland

Remnants from a previous uncontained engine failure? :)

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LO__, Austria

Don’t want to be a Sherlock Holmes here, but what could the story behind these two, yet to be painted, marks on the top cowling, roughly at the location of the front two cylinders be?

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