Plane down near PNS

[NoPlaneNoGain]

Glad to hear that you made it down safely. Good job handling the situation.
I once lost an intake valve on a Navajo when I was a freight dog. I had sprayed oil all over the left cowling and had shut the engine down before it did itself. Once safely on the ground I first inspected the oil cap just to make sure it was on tight, and it was, thank God! The local mechanic pull the cowling off and we found a hole that the valve had been driven through causing a loss of oil.
Anyway, it sounds your situation might be a rod or valve problem.

 

[maverick_fp00]

NoPlaneNoGain:

Yea, that sounds about the same that had happened to me. Once the plane cooled down a little I checked to see if the oil cap was on tightly, thank God! Although, most likely, the oil would have spilled out right at takeoff when I/you put the coals to it, and you would have noticed something was wrong during takeoff or just after takeoff. That's what I think anyway, I could be wrong... I'm just a 220 hour 20 year old pilot.



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