One can only hope the Islander wasnt a prelude to this accident, and that something extraordinary occured that made this aircraft go down. The turbo-prop aircraft I am familiar with will fly perfectly well on Avgas though... Does anyone know if there is a restriction on the use of Avgas in the J41? I'm left pondering the thought of a possible dual engine failure.
Reason being the aircraft should be able to sustain level flight for long enough for a proficient crew after identifying an engine-out, to monitor Auto-feather, and if need be, manually feather said failed engine. The only reason I can therefore think of (barring pilot error) for the left hand engine not to have been feathered by the crew, is that they lost both, and therefore had to focus all efforts on a forced landing.
Can any J41 rated pilots please shed some light as to the performance characteristics of the J41 on one engine, with the inoperative windmilling...?
Good luck to the crew... hope they recover quickly.
D431