SNJ Taxi Incident Oshkosh 198?

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

No injuries and I believe no damage either. IIRC the engine was at idle and the ground was soft from rain, believe they flew it home.

Tim Savage · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2004 8:26 pm **Posts:** 630

I think it was 1986...I remember watching it happen....

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

Tim Savage wrote:

I think it was 1986...I remember watching it happen....

Me too. Both of us in the same place, only to meet a few years later.

Mike

Zachary · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:30 pm

Reminds me of the exhibit at the Air Force Museum in Dayton...

Zack

Iclo · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:59 pm

Probably a newbie question but what's the normal procedure after this sort of "incident": Only a visual inspection is enought ? or how check an engine and a propeler after that ?

Tanks...

jet1 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:05 pm

Iclo wrote:

Probably a newbie question but what's the normal procedure after this sort of "incident": Only a visual inspection is enought ? or how check an engine and a propeler after that ?

Tanks...

required an engine inspection prior to flight.

Brad · **Joined:** Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:30 pm **Posts:** 1131

Zachary wrote:

Reminds me of the exhibit at the Air Force Museum in Dayton...

Zack

Don't give them any ideas...I'd hate for the Air Force Museum to decide it was theirs and come take it! Or more likely make the owners pay to deliver it to Dayton. Lord knows that the paperwork couldn't prove who owns it.

Iclo · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:27 pm

jet1 wrote:

Iclo wrote:

Probably a newbie question but what's the normal procedure after this sort of "incident": Only a visual inspection is enought ? or how check an engine and a propeler after that ?

Tanks...

required an engine inspection prior to flight.

Thanks but do you have more detail ?
One time, I read that a visual inspection is enough, other times that a complete disassembly of the engine is needed.
Is there a clear registration for that ?

51fixer · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:32 pm

Iclo wrote:

jet1 wrote:

Iclo wrote:

Probably a newbie question but what's the normal procedure after this sort of "incident": Only a visual inspection is enought ? or how check an engine and a propeler after that ?

Tanks...

required an engine inspection prior to flight.

Thanks but do you have more detail ?
One time, I read that a visual inspection is enough, other times that a complete disassembly of the engine is needed.
Is there a clear registration for that ?

One part of this is how hard the engine is running when something like this happens. The pilot here did not stand it on it's nose. He was at idle with thw stick back and a TBM pulled out of its parking spot and turned blasting this T-6 from behind. The gust of wind under the elevated elevators lifted the tail and you can see the result.
There are published methods to follow to check things. In this case a prop was borrowed to fly home.
Rich

Iclo · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:34 pm

Tanks Rich

marine air · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:41 pm

In the second photo, the guys in the red and white hats work for Courtesy aircraft. The guy in the white shirt facing the camera is "Mr. T-6" aka Mark Clark. It was probably one of his birds for sale.
I was there that year but don't remember the incident. I do remember the tornado strength winds that ripped through the flightline and got a couple of T-6's back then.

51fixer · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:56 pm

marine air wrote:

In the second photo, the guys in the red and white hats work for Courtesy aircraft. The guy in the white shirt facing the camera is "Mr. T-6" aka Mark Clark. It was probably one of his birds for sale.
I was there that year but don't remember the incident. I do remember the tornado strength winds that ripped through the flightline and got a couple of T-6's back then.

It wasn't one of Mark Clark's T-6's and it wasn't for sale. Mark is a broker and I really don't know if he actually has owned anything that he has sold.
Rich

richkolasa · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:21 pm

Did Dan own it at this time? I assume so. I never heard of this, and I've been at every Oshkosh since '78. Hmmm.

Rich

Jim Beasley · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:29 am

This was Dan Caldarale's T6 and Rich is right a TBM blew it on its nose. I was there and all the old timers did before it flew was a "scratch test" on the prop. They took a piece of wood and rotated the prop to see of both blades were symmetric (both scratched the wood the same way). That's all they did and this prop is still on this plane. Never had any issues, and no engine inspections, prop changes were necessary. Dan flew it home a few days later.

51fixer wrote:

Iclo wrote:

jet1 wrote:

Iclo wrote:

Probably a newbie question but what's the normal procedure after this sort of "incident": Only a visual inspection is enought ? or how check an engine and a propeler after that ?

Tanks...

required an engine inspection prior to flight.

Thanks but do you have more detail ?
One time, I read that a visual inspection is enough, other times that a complete disassembly of the engine is needed.
Is there a clear registration for that ?

One part of this is how hard the engine is running when something like this happens. The pilot here did not stand it on it's nose. He was at idle with thw stick back and a TBM pulled out of its parking spot and turned blasting this T-6 from behind. The gust of wind under the elevated elevators lifted the tail and you can see the result.
There are published methods to follow to check things. In this case a prop was borrowed to fly home.
Rich

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