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Old 6th Jan 2012, 21:48
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baron_beeza
 
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As you may have worked out a turbo-prop is going to be much different than a piston twin. Even a free turbine engine may have different procedures from a fixed.

In the case of a piston twin I have seen an instance of an engine over-speed where the prop could then not be feathered. If the pitch control cable breaks the governor spring moves the prop into full fine. The engine instantly over-speeds and slowing the aircraft down is the only way to get things back under control.

As you pointed out the question may be a little too general.
There will be a range of possible answers. The P&W 100 series one is common though.
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