excuse me, commander. I spoke with flight director Jeff Masters who was aboard at the time of the penetration into Hurricane Hugo. He related 42 was examined closely by NAS Jacksonville after the incident. The first thing they noticed was she absorbed some serious G's. The P3 was designed to incur up to 3.5 positive load and 1 negative G. The data collected showed meter readings of 5.8 positive g and 3.7 negative g's, far in excess of what the Orion was designed for. As for the engine fire in the number 3, the severe turbulence and meso vortice had nothing to do with it. Investigators determined the FCU, fuel control unit was at the center of it all. a broken sensor couldn't properly regulate the amount of fuel flowing into the engine. When the sensor failed, it fed too much fuel into the engine and it ignited into a stream of flame. Thank goodness they were able to extinguish the fire. They also had another issue with the Number 4 deicing boot coming loose, that luckily flew off in the eye without being ingested into the motor. The sensor was replaced and 42 was returned to service
Hello Jeff from Sydney Australia. That was interesting and informative, The Department of Commerce's work of NOAH and more specifically, the air wing. Give storms a big miss, especially "gaple" destructive hail and rain. I was expecting the lieutenant to say- "yeh... I get in my GA and fly straight through" piece of cake! 🍰🇭🇲
Fascinating interview. LTC Doremus is a great communicator.
excuse me, commander. I spoke with flight director Jeff Masters who was aboard at the time of the penetration into Hurricane Hugo. He related 42 was examined closely by NAS Jacksonville after the incident. The first thing they noticed was she absorbed some serious G's. The P3 was designed to incur up to 3.5 positive load and 1 negative G. The data collected showed meter readings of 5.8 positive g and 3.7 negative g's, far in excess of what the Orion was designed for. As for the engine fire in the number 3, the severe turbulence and meso vortice had nothing to do with it. Investigators determined the FCU, fuel control unit was at the center of it all. a broken sensor couldn't properly regulate the amount of fuel flowing into the engine. When the sensor failed, it fed too much fuel into the engine and it ignited into a stream of flame. Thank goodness they were able to extinguish the fire. They also had another issue with the Number 4 deicing boot coming loose, that luckily flew off in the eye without being ingested into the motor.
The sensor was replaced and 42 was returned to service
Hello Jeff from Sydney Australia.
That was interesting and informative, The Department of Commerce's work of NOAH and more specifically, the air wing. Give storms a big miss, especially "gaple" destructive hail and rain.
I was expecting the lieutenant to say- "yeh... I get in my GA and fly straight through" piece of cake!
🍰🇭🇲