Same here. I suspect that the pilot(s) reacted incorrectly, which is to
apply rudder and roll away from the bad engine.
>
>I find this a bit strange. I can't imagine a single engine failure would
>down the AC, unless it was accompanied by a fire. Look at all the times
>those planes returned home on two engines. I got a flight in a B17 once,
>to an airshow. On departure from the show, a freshly overhauled prop blew
>a seal, and we had to turn around and return to the airport, Harlingen tx.
>The pilot said if it was just the crew aboard, he would have flown back to
>Ft. Worth on three, but since there were passengers, he chose to return to
>the field. So we returned there on a dash 80, pretty boring after the
>4 hours on the B17.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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