dmattmul
Well Known Member
Listening to a recent I learned from that podcast (I had 3 hours to kill at an airport) about a 210 that lost electrical power and initial thought was the alternator which was kind of true. Apparently, the alternator is a gear driven system that the cotter key become detached, and the castle nut came loose or fell off. Pretty much destroyed the engine. What was interesting is they said their insurance company would have taken care of this if Continental did not step in which they did. The plane made it back to the departure airport ok although they lost all power and had to pump the gear down manually. I would not have thought hull insurance would cover this type of what I would consider a maintenance issue.