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Old 16th Dec 2012, 21:46
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AdamFrisch
 
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Gearbox disintegrated sending metal through compressor resulting in catastrophic failure, apparently. It's not normal for a free turbine design like the PT-6 to not spin, so something must have seized up majorly.

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