Witnesses say they knew something was wrong as soon as the Piper
PA-700 broke ground Monday afternoon. As it struggled for altitude
over the runway at Charleston Executive Airport on Johns Island
(SC), it began belching smoke.
The aircraft never cleared the trees. It crashed and exploded not
far from the departure end of the runway.
AOPA Takes It To Congressional Reps In Hopes Of Averting
Shutdown
AOPA President Phil Boyer took member concerns over plans to
close and destroy a general aviation crosswind runway at Eugene,
Oregon's Mahlon Sweet Field to Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), local
congressman and the ranking member on the House aviation
subcommittee. In a meeting this week, Boyer told Rep. DeFazio that
pilots regularly use the crosswind runway and that the FAA wind
data used to validate the decision was outdated. Rep. DeFazio has
committed to work with AOPA in finding a resolution that will meet
the needs of local pilots.
Harlan L. Jost, 85, whose aviation career spanned 63 years, died
March 30, 2004, from a continuing heart condition.
A retired US Air Force colonel, Jost was a maintenance officer in
North Africa and Italy during World War II. He remained in the USAF
Reserve and returned to duty during the Korean War. The Iowa native
retired from the Reserve in 1972 after 31 years of service. Jost
joined American Airlines after receiving a BA in economics from
Grinnell College. He enlisted in the USAF in 1941.
AD NUMBER: 2004-07-09
MANUFACTURER: General Electric
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-07-09
SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing
airworthiness directive (AD) for certain General Electric Aircraft
Engines (GEAE) CT7 series turboprop engines. That AD currently
requires propeller gearbox (PGB) oil filter impending bypass button
(IBB) inspections, oil filter inspections, replacement of left-
hand and right -hand idler gears at time of PGB overhaul, and
replacement of certain serial number (SN) PGBs before accumulating
2,000 flight hours. This AD requires the same actions, and adds
additional SNs of affected PGBs. This AD results from reports of
PGBs equipped with certain gears that do not meet design
specificat
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