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duarte07 Posted: Sat, Jan 14 2012 10:56 AM

A partial power loss due to a Jabiru 2200 engine failure forced me to land my Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200 (CS-UPK) at low tide on an empty beach in Portugal ...
Wonderful landing, without a scratch ...
No. 3 cylinder exhaust valve adjuster jumped out of its seat during flight ...
More details, pictures, video and portuguese authorities (GPIAA) official report in my blog:

Pictures of the Forced Landing, Video, Official Report

and

Pictures of Jabiru 2200 Cylinder Head and loosened Valve Adjuster

PS: Use google-translator bar on the right side of the blog page to access english text version ...

 
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