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Old 4th Jun 2010, 05:52
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Graybeard
 
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It was a three engine ferry from a Mexican outfit that went broke and left Bae with a 146 with one very sick inboard engine.
Just to clarify: the airline wasn't broke, the plane was.

I remember hearing of the AVIACSA airline event at the time, and I was led to believe the aft section of #3 exploded, taking out #4.

Since the engine has a pad for either a generator or a hyd pump, losing both on the right side shut off fuel pumps to the left side, so they dead sticked to a night landing at Campeche, an airport with no airline service.

Reportedly, AVIACSA engineering wanted to pull the engine before that flight, but the Lycoming rep insisted on getting more hours on it.

Prior to that, Pacific Southwest Airlines had a #4 let go, which only penetrated the fuselage, and not #3. SLF were kicking hot shrapnel around, as it was scorching the carpet. Somehow the shrapnel missed everybody, but one guy's briefcase was heavier afterward..

GB

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