Finally an aviator that gets it
You hit the nail on the head, if you lose
an engine on a multi engine aircraft and
their is no damage or injuries their are
no reports submitted, these are the exact
numbers you need to determine which is
safer a single or twin engine aircraft. I
have personally seen several PT6 turbine
engines fail in flight, luckily they were all
on twin engine equipment and made safe
landings on one engine. I watched a low
time factory overhauled PT6 engine on a
Beech 1900 C model quit 3 times in 2 days
It had a almost undetectable vibration in
the prop gear box at high power settings
which broke the Py air line from the fuel
control unit to the prop gov. The engine
than goes to idle. This is such a prevalent
problem on the PT6 that the Cessna Caravan
has a override detent on the throttle that
dumps unmetered fuel into the engine
to keep it running. The bottom line is
that turbine engines are designed, built
and maintained by men, non of them
are 100 percent reliable.