RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
Bill,
I saw an OS .91 (non Surpass from around 1987ish) suddenly break. They plane was just about over me when it had a split second of the RPMs winding up and then silence. I heard a clunk, but that may have been the bottom piece of the crankcase hitting the cowl. It blew the whole bottom out of the engine. I think that W8YE saw it later.