Ascend Charlie maybe you can give the full story behind the wheels up in my previous photo?
Well, since it wasn't me, and the culprit has left Oz, ok.
The 109A Mk 2 Plus Widebody was in the cruise, when the torque gauge on #1 started to fail. Pilot notices Tq split and warning, tries to beep #1 up. The engine beeps up as requested, though the gauge shows Tq going down, and the Tq sharing rolls #2 down to avoid a rotor overspeed.
Pilot panics now, thinks he is about to have a massive problem with #1 apparently "dead" and #2 down near idle - but it is still flying. Confusion, big-time. He heads towards Cessnock, a few miles away, and hops on the phone to HQ to tell them he is diverting to CNK. Joins for wide right base, and HQ rings him back for more details.
He answers the phone.
He hasn't thought about the trouble-shooting at all. An inspection would have shown #1 N1 and N2 happily up at normal settings, and #2 N1 idling and N2 normal.
He doesn't do pre-landing checks.
He doesn't respond to the Radalt warning.
He doesn't respond to the Gear Up warning.
He does wonder why it stops so fast on the runway, he doesn't need brakes, and he is so low to the ground.
The pipe fittings for a long-range tank are still on the underside, despite the tank having been removed from the cabin. The fittings are scraped off, the fuel in the tank sees an easy way out, and spreads itself all over the runway.
Council sends a repair bill of $30,000.
Pilot leaves the country.