PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - REX off the Runway at Mt Gambier
View Single Post
Old 8th May 2010, 01:23
  #15 (permalink)  
Pretzal
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: AusVegas
Posts: 82
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Not quite Eastwest - they had a propeller malfunction enroute and the pitch mechanism became stuck in a particular pitch setting (a positive blade angle). On landing the Captain selected reverse with only one prop acting as commanded - the result being an uncontrollable swing into a ditch.
Pretzal is offline