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Old 20th Dec 2005, 14:43
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One would have to speculate pretty far on ones imagination, to suggest that a turbine blade failure could tear off a wing.
Agreed. FAR's require containment of a turbine blade failure, and the resulting imbalance should be within the ultimate load capability of the mounts.

A DISK failure, however, is something else entirely. I've seen it cut a fuselage in two. (However, the fuselage appears intact in the CNN video)

Do we know what brand props are used on the G-73T? If there is a fine-pitch failure mode (i.e. runaway), that might be a major issue.
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