Cessna 182 TI ABE, Story of Adventure and Survival. 

DID YOU SAY THAT SOMEONE LEFT A RAG IN THE ENGINE!!?!?!?!?!? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!

@@CrosswindSurfer So is that what he said ?? I heard the "something got into the engine" but could not make out the rest. Now if that's true {and thanks for bringing this up} I actually see it as good news and before anyone freaks out I'll explain. The premise is the engine had a failure and there's nothing that can undo it. You can't "rewind the tape" and have a do over. So at this point, what you are hoping to see is a goof mistake such as leaving a rag in the engine as the cause. That means that there is nothing inherently wrong with the design of the engine and to me that is FANTASTIC news. That means if we just simply make sure there are no rags left in the engine, we can expect the engine to run flawlessly assuming it was put together correctly and the maintenance is done correctly. It's the same philosophy as the Airbus that had the vertical stab break off about 20 years ago. One reporter on TV was quoted as saying "thank GOD it was not terrorism that brought the plane down" and I about kicked the TV in !!! Because think about it, if terrorism is ruled out, that means you have a REAL problem -a design problem. And on the Airbus there was actually an AD that came out. After so many hours you have to take a core sample of the composite spar on the vertical and send it to a lab. If it comes back bad, you replace the vertical stab. If it's good, you fill the sample bore with composite resin and the AD is terminated. {Air Bus 320}

@@CrosswindSurfer Exactly

No Sun and Fun this year unfortunately, I will keep the 170B and CJ6 Nanchang in Seattle.

@@motoadveBackcountry182 alright.. 👍

Too long, 19 months

Wow, didn't realize it was that long. Feels like yesterday. Glad she's flying again. Blue skies!

Take a guess, just the recovery.

@@motoadveBackcountry182 did insurance pay for any potions of the repairs ??

@@mustardseedsociety No insurance, its too expensive in Costa Rica, like $1,000 per month, I had to pay all of it.

@@motoadveBackcountry182 $8000

@@mopar92 $6,000