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Old 17th August 2010 | 16:12
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Pilot DAR
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I'm with Chuck on the PT6 issue. Excellent engines, but not perfect, neither is P&W. My total flying of PT6's (-27, and -28) is about 120 hours. During that time, I personally shut one down preventatively, when the fuel control unit failed within 10 hours after a P&W repair/overhaul (I don't know which). This maintenance had been required because the same engine had been overtemped because the previous FCU had failed weeks earlier. Pilot action/inaction had not at all been a factor in the failure in either case.

Not statistics, just my experience.
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