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re: Carley McCord plane crash report reveals propeller problem
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:35 pm to mtntiger
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:35 pm to mtntiger
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There was a twin engine crash last year ((Texas IIRC). Caught on video.
One engine failed during takeoff. Pilot had no chance to recover. Violent rollover. Crashed in just a few seconds. Awful.
My guess is Higgs was hoping to get back to the airstrip.
If that was the one taking off from Addison Airport the NTSB said it was pilot error.
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The agency said that "after the left engine lost almost all thrust several seconds after takeoff, the pilot responded to the emergency with left rudder input, the opposite action of what the emergency called for."
By the time the pilot applied right rudder seconds later, the NTSB said, "the airplane was rolling inverted, and there was insufficient altitude for recovery."
NTSB investigators said that had the pilot initially applied the right rudder, the airplane would have been controllable.
The NTSB also said the cockpit voice recorder did not record the pilots doing any pre-flight checklists nor did they discuss how they would handle any emergency procedure, including the loss of an engine or thurst on takeoff.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/addison-plane-crash-that-killed-10-was-pilot-error-ntsb-says/2635615/
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Posted on 9/17/21 at 8:24 pm to baldona
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Is that enough to cause a crash? That's under 10% less thrust? Doesn't seem like enough to cause a major issue? And that's both of them? So doesn't seem like a propeller issue to me then? But more likely an issue with both engines?
I have no clue. The 2 things I circle back to is that the prop RPM was probably low and the prop pitch was possibly a little high. Makes me wonder if the plane was configured for a weight less than actual.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 8:58 pm to redstick13
In that plane they takeoff with props at a pretty flat pitch, after they set climb and or cruise they increase the pitch.
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