Originally Posted by
outnabout
Morno, it is my understanding that the pilot was the only person on board this flight.
no pax, just a bunch of eskies in the back (willing to be corrected).
so, in this case, a piston twin was the best (cheapest) option.
re pilot experience (yes, I know, thread drift).
A pilot with thousands of hours of experience on twins can still make a rock solid effort to monumentally FTU in a B200. Google Desert Dick, KingAir, Mount Gambier, and ask yourself how TF he managed to fly a circuit AFTER installing Q tip props in flight.
Pratt & Whitney should use photos of that particular accident to advertise how robust their engines are.
Here's a Navajo that did it a year or so later.... and I've heard of other PA-31s that have installed QTips in low passes and went around to land normally.
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...ir/ao-2016-072
The PDF has pictures of the bent blades, it was a decent effort.
PS; How that B200 was able to fly with props/gearbox in that condition is stuff that makes you believe in divine intervention...