August - EAA 430

August 2014 EAA 430 FLYER
EAA 430 FLYER
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President’s Letter
Volume 14, Issue 8
August 2014
Inside this Issue
President’s Letter
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Board & Officers
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Calendar
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John Cuny Wins Gold
Lindy At Oshkosh!
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Jay & Francoise
Pearlman’s RV-6
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Ken Brown’s RV-9A
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Chapter Meeting Notes
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35 Years of NASA ASRS
Callback Wisdom
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For Sale
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Newsletter & Website
Sponsors
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Hi All!
It seems like only a short time ago we were celebrating
Sequim’s Centenary with the first ever Olympic Peninsula
AirAffaire, and here we are about to again participate in what
may become an annual event. The Air Affaire, on Saturday
and Sunday of Labor Day weekend, will be our August Chapter event (no Chapter meeting) and I hope everyone will come
out and participate. Chapter 430 will again be an Exhibitor
with a booth and some display airplanes. Donna Sommer has
been in contact with the organizers and we will be planning on
putting the booth up on Friday afternoon (that’s the 29th). Willing and able hands will be needed as it was a somewhat difficult task last year. We will need to stake out our space for exhibiting airplanes. If you can help out please contact Donna,
or respond when she asks.
I know I am biased toward Van’s RV’s, and particularly
if they have yellow in the paint scheme, so I am delighted to
welcome Ken Brown’s latest wings, an RV-9A, to the Chapter
fleet. Stop by his hanger at SVA and take a look.
As you know our July Chapter meeting program was
supposed to be a presentation by Jim Barnfather and the Clallam County Fire District #3. The wildfires in eastern Washington prevented that from happening, but I am glad to say Jim
has rescheduled this for our September meeting. Hopefully a
full demonstration of proper fire extinguisher technique can be
included. More next month.
In October we will have another presentation from Mike
Lavelle who gave us the wonderful program on the history of
Pan American World Airways. What the subject will be is yet
to be announced, but we can be sure it will be interesting, and
superbly presented.
As I mentioned last month Jim Rosenburgh is heading
up the development of a list of candidates for Chapter officer
positions for next year. If he contacts you please consider taking on a Chapter position. Or you could contact him first.
See you at the AirAffaire!
Bob Hicks
President
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Calendar
EAA CHAPTER 430
BOARD & OFFICERS
Aug 13 Board Meeting, 09:30
PRESIDENT
Robert Hicks
452-9399
Place: Mariner Cafe
707 W. Washington St, Sequim
Vice PRESIDENT
Jim
Rosenburgh
681-0973
Aug 16 Young Eagle Rally, 1000-1400
SECRETARY
Joe Platt
582-0721
TREASURER
Gordon
Tubesing
683-0108
Events &
Programs
Donna
Sommer
681-7427
Tech Counselor Jim Cone
& Flight Advisor
775-0311
Tech Counselor
Dan Masys
797-3260
Raffle
David Orr
670-9725
Webmaster
Dan Masys
797-3260
Membership
Jim Bettcher
683-4643
Newsletter
Jim Bettcher
683-4643
Merchandise
John Meyers
683-6526
Young Eagles
Richard
Bielawa
681-4441
Scholarship
Dave Miller
452-7136
Sequim Valley Airport, W28
Bring your airplane or help on the ground as
Chapter 430 provides airplane rides to kids 8 - 17
No August Chapter Meeting & BBQ Due
to Air Affaire at Sequim Valley Airport!
Come out and enjoy everything Aviation from
0900 to 1500 on Saturday and Sunday of Labor
Day Weekend—August 30 & 31
Sept 10 Board Meeting, 09:30
Place: Mariner Cafe
707 W. Washington St, Sequim
Sept 27 Chapter Meeting & BBQ, 10:00
Last Summer BBQ Meeting of the Year!
Place: Hanger 10, Sequim Valley Airport, W28
Program: Aviation Fire Safety & Extinguisher Class
Presenter: Jim Barnfather,
District 3 Fire Commissioner
Aug 16 Young Eagle Rally, 1000-1400
Sequim Valley Airport, W28
Last Young Eagle Event for 2014
Bring your airplane or help on the ground as
Chapter 430 provides airplane rides to kids 8 - 17
Aug 30, 31 Sequim Airport “Air Affaire”
0900-1500, A Repeat of Last Year’s Successful
Event: Fly-In, Skydivers, Fly-By, Biplane Rides,
Wing Walker, Hot Air Balloons, RC Airplanes,
Classic Cars, Vendors, Food, Live Music, etc.
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Chapter News
John Cuny wins a Gold Lindy at Oshkosh !
Chapter Member, John Cuny, is bringing home the
award for “Best of Show - Seaplane”, the Gold Lindy for
Seaplanes, at EAA Air Venture 2014.
Seabee N6230K Panel — In Flight
John Cuny’s 1947 Rebublic RC3 Seabee - 2014 Air Venture Gold Lindy
John has owned this Seabee, number 433 out of 1050 built, since the mid-80’s. He
needed more power to operate in the mountains of the northwest so 14 years ago
started a rebuild that resulted in 14 new STC’s and many small changes to the airframe.
Most of the work was completed in the last two years in Jackson, Michigan. There are a
few small tweaks to make and the project will be complete. Once John brings his pride
and joy out west, we’ll do a more complete report on this great post WWII amphibian
owned and flown by one of EAA 430’s members.
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Chapter News
Jay and Francoise Pearlman’s RV-6
Nine Chapter 430 members visited the
Pearlman’s home to see their nearly completed
RV-6 on Saturday, July 19th. I have never seen
an RV built with such attention to every detail
and every option. This airplane will truly be one
of a kind. Take a look at this panel:
When we visited, the Dynon
and other displays were out of
the panel but it still was impressive!
The paint scheme is set:
Jay describing details of his
Lycoming IO-360 installation
The EAA 430 Tour Group
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Chapter News
Ken Brown’s New Aircraft - a Van’s RV-9A
Long time member, Ken Brown, recently took delivery of RV-9A, N120LM, at his
Sequim Valley Airport hanger, where his new airplane fit perfectly! Ken reports the engine and prop have just 140 hours on them and the airplane is currently configured for
VFR with round gauges. Congratulations, Ken!
Chapter Meeting, July 26
Excellent weather and another great BBQ - Gotta love summer
meetings. Several members were at EAA Air Venture 2014 in
Oshkosh and others were traveling but several visitors filled in
for them. Our scholarship recipient, Mitch Hubbard, attended
and spoke about his summer work and fall plans. Mitch will be
a senior at UW this year.
Our scheduled speaker, Fire Commissioner Jim Barnfather,
was busy with the fires in eastern Washington and unable to
attend but Dan Masys stepped in with an excellent video
patched together from monthly EAA
Headquarters videos. We
saw EAA founder, Paul Poberezny, fire up his restored
P-64, a pre-WWII aircraft that
had not flown for 20 years.
There was a good tour of the
Van’s aircraft factory in Oregon, and also flight test photos of the Jet Sonex.
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— Time Pressure —
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My first mistake came from reacting much too quickly. Take your time. Run the checklist when appropriate. Verify important switches with the other pilot before you move
them.
 To the extent possible, always get prepared on the ground, not while in the air. Don’t
let external pressures make you rush to do something without being thoroughly prepared.
 I was making a rushed approach to land. I have learned that when I am rushed is
when I really need to take the time for the checklist.
— Automation —
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I have learned a valuable lesson about my responsibility to make timely inputs to the
aircraft when I realize that the automation isn’t doing what I expect it to do.
 Aircraft are machines subject to malfunction and we pilots who operate them are humans subject to human error. As a pilot who plans on remaining on the line, I have
learned a valuable lesson— monitor the autoflight system like a hawk.
 I must keep in mind that the buttons on the Flight Guidance Controller are myth and
what displays on the PFD (Primary Flight Display) is truth. In other words, I can’t rely on
the aircraft to do what I command by simply pressing a button. I must verify that the
plane is doing what I command by seeing what is displayed on the PFD.
 I was counting on the autoflight system to fly the departure as it was supposed to and
I got a little lax. Lesson learned! Garbage in, garbage out. If the route isn’t in there or it
drops out, you’re not going to fly what you’re thinking you’ll fly.
— Fuel —
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We thought we had a pretty good handle on our fuel state. Another minute or two of
fuel and we would have made it safely to the airfield.
 From now on I’ll visually check the fuel myself and I’ll keep track of the fuel I’m using
in flight.
 Next time I’ll make sure I have enough fuel for the unexpected and I hope others
might be able to do the same without learning the hard way.
— Weather —
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I learned that it is better to divert early than to press on in deteriorating conditions
hoping for a positive outcome. No one should attempt to “scud run” in marginal VFR
conditions as I did— with a near disastrous result. Never again.
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Even though I have been flying for a number of years, I learned a valuable lesson
about how fast weather can close in and how stupid it is to “assume” that the weather
will clear.
— Miscellaneous —
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Not knowing if the other aircraft was being provided advisories shouldn’t have been a
factor. It’s always, “see and avoid” out there.
They say a good approach leads to a good landing. Early recognition of a bad setup will
enable a go-around and prevent getting “into the hole” where few options remain.
Always have Plan B ready in case something goes wrong—because it will.
Line check airmen can make mistakes.
Never get distracted from the first priority— fly the airplane!
In retrospect, doing a go-around to troubleshoot the problem wasn’t too smart. We had
a perfectly good runway right in front of us.
I blame the mistake on simple overconfidence. Experience, it seems, is no replacement
for doing one’s homework.
I learned that if ever there is a doubt, not only as to what ATC said, but also what they
meant, I should become absolutely clear about ATC’s instructions, especially before taxiing onto an active runway.
It has been my experience that radio transmissions shouldn’t be made to aircraft during the takeoff roll unless absolutely necessary.
Looking back on it, I learned two things: 1. Take the time necessary to do the work
right even if there is pressure to get the plane out. 2. Always check the part number, no
matter who says it’s the right part.
The timely and accurate flow of information from the cabin to the cockpit was vital in
resolving the situation. Lesson learned: CRM (Crew Resource Management) works!
Once in a while a spelling error, an unusual situation, or a witty comment from a reporter can add a little spice to the thousands of reports screened by ASRS analysts
every month. Here are a few examples:
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I no longer believe my problem was fuel exhaustion, but possibly carb ice. This was the
first carbonated airplane I had ever flown.
No APU or ground power was available so we did a crossbreed start.
Event: Bird strike on Captain’s forward windscreen. Cause: Bird was apparently texting.
It was very dark in the ramp area and the pilot didn’t have any lights on the airplane.
His left wing struck a sign that said, “This is not a taxiway.”
Tower said, “[Callsign] turn left and cross Runway 24L and contact ground on the other
side.” I informed him that we were unable to comply as we were still on final.
The Captain rounded out a bit late, touched down, and skipped back into the air. He
was also tired and, not realizing we were airborne again, he pulled the speed brake
lever. This time we knew we were on the ground.
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