Originally Posted by
hans brinker
It looks like they feathered both 3 and 4. Maybe 3 started to run rough too, maybe inadvertent, going to be hard to ascertain without CVR, unless the "loadmaster" knows what happened...
Anyone know how close together the switches are? Could they have reached for one and accidentally hit both switches? Or they feathered the wrong engine, then realized their error and feathered the correct one without bringing the good engine back to speed? Are there any common fuel/oil lines to both 3 and 4 that could cause a problem for both engines? (I just checked the weather for the night before the crash - supposedly was light rain. Could water have gotten into the fuel?)