That one Wednesday that turned into a 14 hour shift

Last month I had a Cessna 172 come in with a rough running engine. Turned out to be a bad magneto that grounded the whole day after I found metal in the oil filter. Ended up pulling the engine and sending it out which took until 10 PM. The worst part was the customer kept asking if it would be ready for his Saturday flight. Has anyone else had a simple inspection snowball into a full engine teardown?

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matthewgonzalez5d ago

Fourteen hours?!

the_drew5d ago

Yeah keep chugging water with electrolytes, I learned that the hard way during a 16 hour shift last month.