Auburntsts
Well Known Member
So we just got home from to Tampa after a trip to Iowa. As I was putting the plane away I noticed a huge oil leak dripping oil all over my front gear fairing and all down the belly. The trip today was 6 hrs in the air with a fuel stop at the 3 hr point. No oil found during the initial preflight or the fuel stop. There were also no adverse engine indications in the cockpit. So I surmise it happened during the last leg relatively close to home. Anyway, I pulled the cowl and this is what I found -- my backup alt, a PP FS1-14 had backed of its vacuum pad adapter. Never heard of this ever happening before.