Nepalese investigators probing the Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 crash at Pokhara have disclosed that both propellers feathered just after the flying pilot asked for a further extension of the flaps. The ...
The NTSB issued a safety alert urging multi-engine pilots to promptly feather a partially failed engine's propeller before its RPM drops below the critical threshold where start locks engage, ...
The FAA is highlighting the critical safety implications of unfeathered or blocked propellers on inoperative engines in piston-powered twin aircraft, urging manufacturers to revise pilot operating ...
Propellers come in a lot of different sizes, shapes and designs, but they all serve one basic function: to convert an engines rotational force into thrust. They seem fairly simple-and fixed-pitch ...
HARTZELL PROPELLER compact series propellers (Docket No. 2000-NE-08-AD; Amendment 39-12741; AD 2002-09-08) - supersedes an existing AD, applicable to Hartzell models ...
Hartzell Propeller Inc. has received an STC to install a newly designed, three-blade propeller system on Beech 58, 58A and G58 Barons that are factory equipped with TCM IO-520 and IO-550 engines. The ...