Avi8tor
Nobody said it was on fire. The theory is that it lost a rear turbine seal, smoke was from oil in the exhaust.
If that is the case then the pilot still had take off power on two engines?
Below 400ft, why play around with power levers when the aircraft is equipped with auto feather and is a Perf A machine, It is capable of performing within the limitations of the Perf A envelope . Too many people are writing about the J41 as though it were a King Air 200 or an aircraft not certified in Perf A- as though it was a feline urinatory excretion machine.
Edit bit..
Do nothing below 400ft except silence the Fire Bell as applicable!
Last edited by Der absolute Hammer; 3rd Oct 2009 at 07:00.