Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia

[golfbananajam]

Just reading this in the BBC website

A Libyan military plane carrying doctors and patients has crashed in Tunisia, killing all 11 people on board, officials say.

BBC News - Libyan military plane crashes in Tunisia (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26286066)

[readywhenreaching]

seems they made a forced landing after engine trouble.
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[ulugbek-pilot]

By the looks of a propeller it went (by crew of course) to a how is it called "weathercock" mode after engine failure

[andrasz]

Well observed.

"feathered" is the English word. It is not necessarily pilot commanded, most prop aircraft will have an autofeather system that will immediately feather the props of a failed engine if armed. Depending on different aircraft / operator procedures, the autofeather may be armed for the entire duration of the flight, or only in critical phases (takeoff and landing). Not sure how it works on an An-26 though.

[ulugbek-pilot]

In An 26 it's feathered manually, I've got An 24 experience, if you don't make it with feathering on time following eng. failure you might have some problems with handling, it's about 80° feathering. And it does look like feathering.