Mark Chamberlain down again

LifeofReiley · #1 07-20-2007, 10:12 AM

Just off the AZ RV List...

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Mark Chamberlain is down again with another emergency landing. He told me he was cruising between Glendale and Deer Valley when his engine quit making power. Possible fuel flow issue, not Pmags this time.

He is fine but as we were talking the news heli's were overhead. Just wanted to get the word out to avoid speculation when it shows up on the news.

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Thanks for the report from Darwin N. Barrie, Chandler AZ

GLAD YOU"RE OKAY MARK!!

LifeofReiley · #2 07-20-2007, 11:05 AM

Here's a link...

http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/s....93738f05.html

Another link...

http://www.azcentral.com/news/

Look under Videos

Awesome flying Mark! Good Job at the controls.

Pmerems · #3 07-20-2007, 02:03 PM

The article mentions clipping a crane, any report of damage to aircraft?

Mark,

If you are reading this post let me know if you need any I can do to help. I can always travel up to Phoenix to pound a few rivets for a friend.

Glad to hear you are OK.

beattiema · #4 07-20-2007, 02:34 PM

Glad he's down safe, in the video everything looks pretty intact. There is a crane in the area but no obvious contact in the shots from the helicopter.

frankh · #5 07-20-2007, 02:41 PM

Really glad you made it down safe Mark!

Give us an update when you can.

All the best

Frank

LifeofReiley · #6 07-20-2007, 02:43 PM

Mark's plane is back at the airport and okay. He just released a post on the AZ list. He can tell the story here if he elects to.

Again, Good job Mark!!!

MarkC · #7 07-20-2007, 03:25 PM

Just had to have something to talk about at Osh guys :-)

If you watched the news report on AZCentral; they were wrong on the way I landed, I came in from the south, not the North.

Here's the rundown.

Plane is out and back at DVT, thanks for the offers of help folks, you guys are the best.

Quick rundown on this one: took off from DVT this morning to get gas, landed at Glendale, filled up and took off back towards DVT. About 2 or 3 minutes after takeoff (just leaving Glendale airspace) the engine just quit without warning. Tried to restart, couldn't, turned back to Glendale and informed them of engine out situation. As I set up for best glide it became obvious that I wasn't going to make the runway so I saw the construction site up the side of the New River canal (just west of the 101 / 99th Ave and Northern), and that's where I ended up. I did NOT clip the wing on the crane as the news has been saying, in fact I flew it back to DVT just a while ago, not a scratch (although I still can't believe I didn't break anything, it's a pretty tight area, guess I'm very lucky).

What went wrong? I have a rubber mat stuck to the bottom of the air box that was there to help seal the bottom of the air filter to the air box. It had come unglued and managed to get sucked in to the bottom of the throttle body. I'm still not sure how in managed to work itself out from being clamped between the air filter and the bottom of the box and also the high-strength adhesive I used to stick in on there (it's been there for over 200 hours). Anyway, it's riveted to the air box now as well as bonded (probably should have been riveted in the first place, but we live and learn).

This "off-airport" stuff is getting old, I don't mind if I don't have to do it again.

See you at Osh!

Mark - RV-7 - 210 hrs + 2 off-airport landings, and that's enough.

DeltaRomeo · #8 07-20-2007, 03:34 PM

Thanks for the update, Mark. VERY grateful all worked out OK.

Grace under pressure!

b,
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MarkC · #9 07-20-2007, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeltaRomeo

Thanks for the update, Mark. VERY grateful all worked out OK.

Grace under pressure!

b,
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"Grace", oh!, that's what they call that brown stuff?

:-)

Thanks Doug.

Mark

cjensen · #10 07-20-2007, 03:56 PM

Great job Mark! I hope to meet you at Oshkosh next week! Be nice to shake the hand of a good stick such as yourself!

Glad all is well!