Warbird Information Exchange

Watching just a moment on NGC about Bill Neff and his son doing a emergency landing. i hope i got the last name right.

How about a link or info.

1. FAA Grief from it.
2. Why the emergency?
thanks

Google was not my friend in this search.

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Well if I can't rollerskate around my playpen while smoking and drinking a beer, I'm staying home..

Other than the fact that the engine is not turning, Im not sure what happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcJK-gHkzC8

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Tyler Pinkerton
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It's Bill Leff, and you can look up the accident report on the FAA's website under the registration, N22NA. According to the report, it was a failure of the Master Connecting Rod. There's also a copy & paste of the accident report here, along with info on another accident the aircraft had last year.

Master Connecting Rod. That would sure do it. Looks like he is a very good cool and collected pilot.
Thanks

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Well if I can't rollerskate around my playpen while smoking and drinking a beer, I'm staying home..

The freeway landing was due to a fuel pump failure, he almost made Fondulac.

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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Whoops, I forgot to post a link to the actual accident report. Here's a link to the NTSB website, with all accident reports under that registration:
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/Results.aspx?queryId=25fe972d-debc-4162-aaa8-1009f199aae5

As both those reports state, a Master Connecting Rod Failure, not a fuel pump failure.