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CONGRATULATIONS!
New Members
Haroldo Chacon Class I RNT
Ryan Hanneken Affiliate RNT John Heath Class II Both
Mesfin Likassa Class I Both
Russell Mackey Class I PAE Buck Martin Class III Both
Kaitlyn Olson Class I RNT Ryan Porchia Class III Both
Laina Reeves Class I RNT Jessica Story Class I RNT
Albert Yarin Class I PAE
New Solos! Date Instructor
John Heintz 5/3 Tomlinson Mark Owens 5/30 Manning
New Ratings! Date Instructor
Tyler Wilson, CFI 5/5 Davis
CALENDAR
Monthly
Aircraft Maintenance Team: Meets every Thursday
from 4-8 pm at the Renton Office. Contact Ray Pedrizetti for more information.
June 2016
Board of Directors Meeting, 4pm 6/17 at Renton
Office
Private Pilot Ground School in Everett starts 6/21, Everett Community College. Morning and
afternoon sessions are available. Register through ECC. See flyer at the back of the newsletter for more
information. Attend a free information session on 6/15
at 5pm at ECC.
BEFA Bath and BBQ, 6/25 with an 8:30am setup, 9:30am start at Renton. Call or email the office to sign
up. There will be an Excellent steak BBQ for the volunteers! See Operations Manager’s article inside the
newsletter for details!
July 2016
Private Pilot Ground School in Renton, starts 7/5 at BEFA Renton Office. Register through Renton
Technical College. See flyer at the back of the newsletter for more information.
From Your President
By Steve Beardslee During May, the Building Committee reviewed an
architect’s preliminary design concepts and drawings for a new BEFA office and recommend an approach to the
Board. See the top drawing below.
We subsequently presented these to the Renton airport
manager, and are now beginning the process to gain City of Renton review and support. We expect the City
of Renton may have some suggested changes, and we’ll
use this input to further refine our requirements and understand funding. We plan to work with the City to
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negotiate a new long-year lease for our current location on the Renton airport.
Our expected meeting with Regal Aviation in May to explore office space for BEFA at Everett has been
deferred. We still plan to define requirements and
funding needed to build a presence at Everett. We now have some volunteers to help BEFA and
BEFACT get involved in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) training for our
next generation of aviators. We’ve also exchanged
emails with others (Museum of Flight, et al) who share that interest in STEM training. There is room for more
our members to get involved. If interested, please contact Wes or any Board member.
During the Renton Airport Advisory Committee meeting
in May, I noted a significant increase in concern
regarding airport noise, and in particular, some very vocal complaints from several neighborhoods about late-
night touch & go’s. This wasn’t pointed at BEFA, but please be sensitive about our need to “fly friendly” and
use the voluntary noise abatement procedures that have
served us so well over the last 15 years.
FLY SAFE!
Steve
Aircraft Rates
(“M” and “NM” refer to members and non-members,
respectively.)
Safety and Operations Briefing By Wes McKechnie, BEFA Operations
Manager
COVER SNAPS Please, when taking the covers off of the planes, lift “UP’
on the strap that pops the snap off the wing, DO NOT
pull it “sideways” AS THAT SHEARS THE SNAP ON THE WING OFF! Thanks!
WELCOME NEW CFIs
We have a couple of new CFI’s who are on board, Lynn
Kanninen (RNT), Curtis Jacobsen (RNT) and Buck Martin (PAE – RNT). Welcome to you all. In addition, we should
have 2 more CFI’s at PAE in mid – June, one of whom will be almost full time and able to fly during the
morning/afternoon, as well as evening. Finding competent CFI’s in the current market is pretty
challenging. We just got one newly minted CFI done,
and he immediately went to a cargo airline.
BEFA BATH AND BAR-B-Q VOLUNTEERS NEEDED JUNE 25TH
Please call or email the office if you can spend some
time Saturday the 25th of June washing our fleet with your fellow members. Kevin Chaney and Gary Pipkin will
be ram-rodding the event to spruce the fleet up. Email the office at [email protected] or call 425-
271-2332 or sign up at the Renton Office front desk.
We’ll start setting up at 8:30am, 9:30 for starting the washing of the planes - but just let us know what time
periods you can help. We’ll have an EXCELLENT STEAK BAR_B_QUE!!! for lunch FOR THE
PARTICPANTS, (and some hot dogs), starting at 11:30, for the participants.
FLEET NOTES 735LH is down for an IRAN, (Inspection, Repair as
Needed), as least through the early part of the
summer. 9537Q will be down at some point this month for an
Annual
4801D has the overhauled engine installed and will
be on “new engine restrictions” at Paine Field.
PLEASE DO NOT FLY THIS AIRPLANE UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THESE RESTRICTIONS.
Basically, your flights must consist of one hour or more of cross country type flying. No airwork or
touch and goes; keep flights at least one hour in duration, and NO LEANING of engine. Higher RPM’S
are fine. Details are published in the plane. Please
check with me or a CFI if you have any questions.
Aircraft Hourly Rate
PCATD-M 15.00$
PCATD-NM 20.00$
Redbird FMX (member) 50.00$
Redbird FMX (non-member) 85.00$
C150 92.97$
C172 110.84$
C172SP 126.28$
Citabria 128.27$
R172K XP Float 151.26$
C182Q 153.72$
SR20 (HOBBS) 160.68$
C182RG (68T) 164.60$
C182RG (65C) 204.07$
CT210 242.74$
June-2016
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78440 should be back on line near the time you’re
reading this, not only with a new engine and prop, but also an STC that has replaced the old airspeed
indicator that had the outer scale marked in MPH, with a later model one that is now in knots,
consistent with the rest of the BEFA fleet airspeed
indicators!
SUMMER PRIVATE PILOT GROUND SCHOOL CLASSES IN EVERETT AND RENTON!
Private Pilot Ground School classes will be offered this
summer in Renton and Everett. Classes start 6/21 in Everett (register through Everett Community College)
and 7/5 in Renton (register through Renton Technical College). See flyers at the back of the newsletter for
more information. Please post either of the flyers in your work area.
Grievances: • 5/12/16 9537Q battery left on too long during
pre-flight, dead
Notes From The Office
‘Attaboys’ For Our Volunteers
Your fellow members continue to pitch in to keep us running smoothly, often saving money in the process.
This month we thank:
Paul Ust for taxiing and picking up planes
Oliver Meier and Bob Guthrie (CFI)for facilitating
735LH ferry flight
Howard Wolvington (CFI) for Costco supply run
Curtis Jacobson (CFI), for installing the aircraft
toggle switch color code covers Bob Guthrie and Catherine Runn for shuttling
maintenance plane.
Chuck Malmsten for donating video camera and
setting it up for CATS testing. Chuck Malmsten for adjustments on the office
computers for better printer compatibility.
Howard Wolvington (CFI) for updated anti-virus
software installed on the office computers, Paul Ust, Howard Wolvington and Steve Beardslee
for ongoing data base updates on the planes
Bob Lancaster and Harium Martin-Morris for
repairing the Redbird.
Mark Gaponoff for repairing more ladders, and
tiedown straps. Matt Walsh for flying 739BT’s log books up to BEFA
PAE!
Volunteer Help is STILL Needed
BEFA has a regular need for volunteer help. Unfortunately, Boeing work demands are making it
increasingly difficult to provide community service.
BEFA has many needs and cannot satisfy them without member help. If you can contribute, please call the
office to volunteer. Below is the BEFA updated volunteer project list for your generous consideration:
• Someone with experience writing press releases, to
write one for BEFA’s charity, “BEFACT”. See Wes
asap, or email: [email protected]. • Someone to help with weed control spraying on the
BEFA RNT ramp. We need someone to pick up 4801D engine core
and bring it to RNT BEFA
From Your Safety Officer
By Matt Smith, BEFA Safety Officer It was a gorgeous afternoon as Rochelle and I hopped
into the Citabria to go out into the northeast practice area, north of Fall City, to work on some aerobatic
maneuvers. We had decided to start with some spins,
and go from there. After performing clearing turns - you do them before airwork, right? - we set up for the first
spin. I had pulled the power and was just about to kick the rudder to initiate the spin when Rochelle casually
said “There’s a clear liquid coming off the back of the
wing. Given the severe clear weather, it obviously wasn’t rain. I’ve worked on the Citabria enough to know
there are only three fluids in the entire airplane: fuel, brake fluid, and oil. Oil is not clear, and while brake
fluid might be clear, it’s red and has no business being on the top of the wing. Even I could figure this one out.
There was fuel flowing off the back of the wing. As
much as I wanted to fly upside down, we had to temper that thought with running out of fuel, so we immediately
pointed the airplane towards the Fall City airport…..You do know where the closest airport is don’t you?
I’ve read all sorts of articles about emergencies. All of them claim a beautiful landing because they were
concentrating…..not so here. I mangled the landing bad enough to go around. Rochelle decided it was in her
best interests to land the plane herself. Once more around the pattern, and we were safely on the ground.
On inspection, we discovered there was a missing fuel cap. Since I was the PIC, and had done the walk
around, this was obviously my responsibility. We used
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the fuel dip stick to check the fuel in both tanks. Despite the fact we lost only one cap, the suction that
formed across the top of the open tank had actually pulled fuel through the vent tube and thus out of both
tanks. While we had enough fuel to get back to Renton,
we needed a replacement cap. Fortunately, Rochelle knew someone on the field and we were able to acquire
a cap that actually fit. The trip back to Renton was uneventful along with a reasonable landing…..go figure.
The scary thing here is that if she hadn’t been sitting in the back seat with a bird’s eye view of the trailing edge
of the wing, I could have easily dumped all the fuel before realizing there was a problem. A couple of
inverted maneuvers and I would have been looking for the nearest farm with a silent engine.
The question is, how did it happen? I was Operations Officer at the time. Occasionally, people would assume
I had a clue about airplanes and ask me a question while doing the inspection for their flight. That had
happened to me that day, and I had allowed myself to
walk over to another plane to take a look. At the time of the interruption, I was in the process of dipping the
tanks, had not put the fuel cap back on correctly, and had not double checked it. Without realizing it, I had
put myself in danger while trying to help someone else
out. Today, I have an additional check at the end of my check list explicitly for the fuel caps.
The lesson from this is that once you begin your walk
around, do everything in your power not to allow anyone to break your concentration until you have
completed your inspection. If you must walk away, you
need a process in place to make sure you complete the walk around correctly. I’ve read other articles on this
subject, and have seen recommendations to completely start over. I tend to favor the one that says make a
check on your list where you stopped, and when you
return, start one check before that item. Lastly, be respectful of someone else while they are doing their
walk-around. Wait for them to finish before interrupting their safety process. Be a good neighbor.
We’ll talk again next month. Until then, be careful out
there.
Matt
735LH Pilot Report
By David Wyatt, BEFA member Hi all, I didn't think that I would be the one to author an
article for the BEFA newsletter, seeing how well
maintained and taken care of our fleet is, and I am fortunate enough to say it took 5 years to encounter an
event reasonably noteworthy enough to share. My wife and I flew down to KHIO for a day trip to visit some
friends. The trip down went smoothly, flying over a persistent low marine cloud layer most of the trip. I filed
IFR, and other than some drawn out vectoring to start
heading south, it was a predictable flight. We cruised around 20-23" on the manifold pressure and 2300 RPM
on the tachometer, and flew around 7500 feet. On final at KHIO, we were asked to do a go around at the last
second due to some spacing issues with the plane on
takeoff taking longer than anticipated. You could have almost opened the door and taxied with your feet at the
time ATC made the request, showing that possibility remains even seconds before touchdown, so keep those
ears open! After a trip around the pattern, we were cleared for our actual landing.
Later that afternoon we were ready to head home, and the skies were looking great, and the surface winds
were calm. Since the skies were clear, we filed a flight plan and decided to fly VFR back home. During my pre-
flight walkaround, I did notice minimal oil on the surface
around the front wheel. Knowing I was in transient parking, I wasn't sure if it was from my plane, or just
oily from previous planes. The oil level check was comparable to my departure amount, so we prepared
for our trip home. The pre-flight runup didn't reveal
anything unusual working through the propeller/governor testing or with tachometer, so I was
satisfied that we were ready to be airborne. We took off around 5:30pm, climbed to 6500 feet and set the plane
to a cruise configuration similar to our arrival: 20-23" on the manifold pressure, and 2300 rpm on the tachometer,
and contacted Portland approach after exiting Hillsboro's
airspace.
On the way back, I pointed out a few airports to my wife. She takes photos during our trip, and who doesn't
like to look at airports nearby, right? Around 5:55pm,
about 1 hr into the flight, we noticed a sudden, very light vibration. We both looked at each other and asked
if the other noticed what just happened. I checked the gauges and everything appeared to be in the green.
There was no drop in the engine RPM to suggest carb icing. Next was the decision about what to do now -
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continue on or make a precautionary landing. I hadn't experienced something like this before, and we still had
a ways to go to get back home. Also, just off to the northeast was KTDO. It seemed prudent, and KTDO was
right there, to just make a precautionary landing and
check things out. At best, we would spend a little daylight to eyeball and listen to everything closely,
perform another runup, and continue on if things looked good. Since I was already on frequency with Seattle
Center, I told them that we were experiencing a light
and persistent vibration and may be having engine problems, and that we were going to divert to KTDO.
Seattle Center repeated what I said, and offered the weather for nearby airports. The surface winds were
calm and we descended, and we were high in the downwind pattern. I turned to base still high, but I had
to add a little power on final. That last engine thrust did
feel a little weaker, but not enough to lack the confidence that it could provide thrust. I felt like a go
around might have been possible, if anemic on the power. There was an alleviation of the shudder during
landing in the pattern, but we could feel it again while
taxing down and off the runway.
After landing, most of the airport was quiet, except for the skydiving going on with the Toledo Skydivers. I
turned off the airplane, and my wife asked, "so now
what?" I called Flight Services to let them know I landed at Toledo and to cancel my flight following, and asked
them to let Seattle Center know I was OK and on the ground. One of the skydiving employees met me while I
was walking around - the FAA called them to let them know a plane had engine problems and asked if they
could look around for it. After a skydive operation
finished, their commercial pilot and I discussed and they wondered if it was carb icing. I have experienced carb
icing, and this didn't share a similar characteristic of a notable drop in RPM. We decided we would take a look
around the engine area, and if it looked okay, we would
both sit in and do a runup to see how it performed. Well, we looked around with a flashlight inside the
cowling and saw some oil coating the right interior. And there were some oil drops around the front wheel again.
The underbelly just past the cowling had a light layer of fresher oil on it. I called Wes at home, who kindly
reached out to Ace Aviation and to see about a potential
rescue flight home. I asked Wes if I should try to head home, and he said no, that if it was important enough
for me to land, it was important for a mechanic to take a look. We decided to remove the top cowling cover, and
holy cow. On one piston casing, there were 3 bolts and
threads missing, with a 4th loosely attached. On another piston casing there was a bolt and thread missing. Well,
we were going to be getting more familiar with KTDO this evening. Following this discovery there were several
more calls and shared photos with Wes and Ace Aviation’s mechanic. The mechanic was in disbelief, and
I was very fortunate that the propeller was still moving,
and we just encountered the beginning of a major engine failure.
The Toledo Skydiving employees were so helpful and
nice with our unexpected visit! They offered us some
snacks and drinks, and the opportunity to stay and camp for the night. I had some wine and joked that I had a
plane for sale if anyone was interested. We had some fun conversations by the campfire about their skydiving
experiences, and had to promise to come down to experience it for ourselves. We were able to arrange for
relatives to come down and pick us up, so while it was a
long day, we were able to share the story later.
With a few weeks past to contemplate, I wanted to share some observations and learnings:
My recent engine out training and emergency
practice was invaluable. I had just done a C182RG
checkout the previous week with Mike Catafalmo. Use flight following. Having contact with Seattle
Center allowed me to not try and get a hold of their
frequency as part of my immediate workload. Someone already knew where I was when I was
having trouble. I could tell them my plan and they could try to help, and they knew where I was.
Fly a path near airports. It made deciding where to
land obvious, and easier to decide to take a
precautionary landing. I'd probably call Seattle Center myself afterwards.
Flight Services didn't pass along my successful
landing to them. I now own a Spot PLB. The plane has a 406 ELT,
but the Spot provides some tracking features and
messaging options for non-emergencies as well.
I'm happy it ended well for us and we could make a
successful controlled precautionary landing at an airport, precluding a major engine failure.
Wes was very supportive and offered great advice to
answer "so now what?" In fact, the aviation community all wanted to help take care of us. It is a
community that I am very proud and fortunate to be affiliated with.
NOTE: So far, it appears that this low time engine had a major “through bolt” nut which had split during flight
and came off, causing the bolt to shear. It is still being investigated.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
BEFA Homepage: http://www.befa.org
JEPPESEN EMPLOYEES FLYING ASSOCIATION: http://www.flyjefa.org
BEFA has a Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boeing-Employees-
Flying-Association/208892645798282
OFFICERS AND STAFF President
Steve Beardslee Home: 425-432-6343 M/C 94-35 Cell: 206-295-2256
[email protected] Vice-President
Bob Bumpous Cell: 425-228-3269
M/C 94-35 [email protected]
Treasurer Justice Devara Cell: 425-501-4334
M/C 94-35
[email protected] Ops Officer
Oliver Meier Wk: 425-717-2229 M/C 94-35 Cell: 510-541-2142
Safety Officer Matt Smith Cell: 206-375-6567
M/C 94-35
Secretary Tyler Wilson Cell: 206-618-1740
M/C 94-35 [email protected]
Operations Manager
Wes McKechnie Home: 206-932-2935
M/C 94-35 Wk: 425-271-2332 [email protected]
Staff
Debbie Brown and Diana Cassity [email protected] Wk 425-271-2332
Fax: 425-271-2066 Patti Guy Wk: 425-271-2332
[email protected] Fax: 425-271-2066 Maintenance
ACE Aviation Contact, in order:
1) Ops Manager: Leave voicemail (425) 271-2332 or Pager 206-540-7720
2) Ops Officer, or 3) Any Board Member
Everett Office: No phones at this time in Everett. Please call
RNT Office in an emergency, otherwise call the focals below.
PAE Coordinator: Oliver Meier (510) 541-2142 Maintenance: Oliver Meier (510) 541-2142
Facilities & Support: Oliver Meier
Wk: (425) 717-2229 or Cell: (510) 541-2142 Safety Manager:
Oliver Meier (510) 541-2142
Membership and Communications: Steve Baier (425) 785-9219
Newsletter Editor
Marissa Singleton (425) 235-0330
Webmaster Steve Isaacson [email protected]
Chuck Malmsten [email protected]
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Private Pilot Ground
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Offered through: Everett Community College
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Classes meet Tue & Thurs, June 21st -Aug 25th:
Morning class (item 9392): 10:00am-1:00pm
Evening class (item 9390): 5:00pm-8:00pm
Free Info Session: 5 pm, June 15
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RTC: 425-235-2352
Offered through: Renton Technical College
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Open to all!
Tue & Thurs, starts July 5th-Sept 8th
4:30pm-7:30pm
BEFA: Renton Municipal Airport
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CLASS FEE: $435
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