I have a 2180 Great Plains engine. The crankshaft broke between the third and forth connecting rod from the front. I am not sure what the crank is made from. The engine kept running, but when I knew I had the runway made I shut the engine off and made a good dead stick landing. Joe Weber Cuba City, Wis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Serge VIDAL" <serge.vi...@sagem.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 8:32 AM Subject: Réf. : KR> crankshaft
> Sorry to hear that, Joe. > > Please tell us more. Did you make a dead stick landing? What engine type > is it? WHere did it break? > > Serge Vidal > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > Paris, France > > > > > > "Joe" <mo...@mhtc.net> > > Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net > 13/01/2006 15:27 > Veuillez répondre à KRnet > Remis le : 13/01/2006 15:27 > > > Pour : "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : KR> crankshaft > > > > Last saturday I was enroute from Platteville, Wisconsin to > Independence, Iowa. Just north of Manchester, Iowa I heard a bang and the > plane started to shake. I was about 3 miles from the Manchester airport. > I landed at Manchester. Hauled the plane home. After dismantling the > engine I found the crankshaft was broke. > Joe Weber > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
