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Offline Tupac

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Fifi lost an engine at Midland
« on: October 15, 2012, 09:44:50 PM »
Snapped this picture as we were sitting in the airplane loaded up and heading home. I wondered why the prop looked feathered and confirmed today that one of the engines had a problem. It sounds like they got it stopped before any major damage occured, but it could be down for awhile.



As you can see, #2 is feathered. They had #3 shut down also but I think just so there wasnt any asymmetric thrust during taxi.

I did my Fifi impersonation in the Seminole today (with #2 feathered)

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Offline MarineUS

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Re: Fifi lost an engine at Midland
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2012, 11:14:33 PM »
Glad they got it fixed before anything major happened.  :aok
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Re: Fifi lost an engine at Midland
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2012, 07:38:30 AM »
More than likely it was shutdown because they lost a cylinder....while not catastrophic it does require some work. 
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