Engine failure on take-off

[Gord Tessier]

The insurance adjuster came back to me today and indicated that the No 6 exhaust valve got sucked out the tail pipe and struck the prop?
Can this even happen the way the exhaust is baffled?
Anyone ever had this happen?

[WebMaster]

Wow
That's incredible.
There isn't a lot of baffling in the rear muffler, even less in the front.
It could have missed completely, in which you would have been even luckier.
Probably rattled around a bit, then ejected itself through the pipe.