The FAA is emphasizing the critical importance of propeller feathering in piston-powered twin-engine aircraft, addressing dangers of unfeathered props, potential causes of feathering failure, and ...
A majority of the propeller incidents reported are linked to improper maintenance, incorrect adjustments, or substandard overhaul practices. Specific mechanical issues observed include loose ...
Until recently Hamilton has had a virtual monopoly of the propeller business. Lately, however, it and its most formidable rival, famed old Curtiss-Wright Corp., have been seeking another ...
US investigators believe loss of power in the outboard left-hand engine of a Douglas C-54, and the subsequent feathering of its propeller, initiated a chain reaction of events including a fuel ...
Nepalese investigators believe an instructor captain inadvertently moved the propeller condition levers, instead of the flap selector, during an ATR 72-500’s approach to Pokhara, causing the ...
Federal Aviation Administration last week proposed another airworthiness directive on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B series airplanes. The AD calls for including information in the Limitations ...
KATHMANDU – The propeller blades of the Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 plane that crashed in January were in the feathered position, which caused the aircraft to lose thrust and fall, a preliminary report ...
A preliminary investigation into the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal last month, which killed all 71 people on board, suggested that one of the pilots may have inadvertently pushed levers that ...
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