912 ULS Blew up!
in 912 / 914 Technical Questions
9 years ago
While taxiing on idle yesterday, we heard a loud bang. It felt like we hit something. The engine kept running, we immediately shut the engine down, went down to inspect the plane.
We were shocked to see engine oil all over the tail and a huge crack in the drive and crank case of my 912 ULS. There are no signs that there was a prop strike of any kind. There are no damage signs anywhere on the prop!
This is a well maintained and card for 912 ULS with 135 hours on it only!
The engine is coming off to be sent to a Rotax service centre.
We were so lucky this did not happen on takeoff! This engine scares me now, what could cause it to explode like this leaving a crack more than 1/16 of an inch wide running through the top of the drive right through the crank case?
Needless to say I am very upset about this and now regret ever buying a 912 ULS!!
We were shocked to see engine oil all over the tail and a huge crack in the drive and crank case of my 912 ULS. There are no signs that there was a prop strike of any kind. There are no damage signs anywhere on the prop!
This is a well maintained and card for 912 ULS with 135 hours on it only!
The engine is coming off to be sent to a Rotax service centre.
We were so lucky this did not happen on takeoff! This engine scares me now, what could cause it to explode like this leaving a crack more than 1/16 of an inch wide running through the top of the drive right through the crank case?
Needless to say I am very upset about this and now regret ever buying a 912 ULS!!
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