This is really quite important as its not the case of unlikely abrupt engine failure take to a field partial go for an airport!
Both are threatening situations.
The full!!! decision made your going down make the best of it !
Partial you are faced with choices!
Hopefully a happy return to an airfield and a self slap on the back!
The Biggin partial would have been better as a full with fields in front instead the pilot tried to go back, crashed and died!
As Fuji stated some partials where the pilot continues could result in an engine fire!
As i stated a partial could lead to a full! Trying to make a distant airport COULD lead to a worse location to have a full!
So really this is about pilots identifying the problem whether self induced or not and making the right choices in dealing with it!
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 1st December 2012 at 12:09.