Engine Fire B206
I was unfortunate to have an in-flight engine fire on a B206 last Saturday.
There were no indications from the T's & P's, and on landing the fire worsened, presumably because power was being reduced. It got even worse when I shut down to flight idle.
It now transpired that a Turbine seal had given up, allowing oil from the header tank into the combustion chamber and therefore igniting.
I was informed that if the flight had continued for another 10 – 15 minutes, the Donkey would have stopped due to lack of oil.
For future reference, apart from low oil pressure, high oil temp, what other symptoms would/could there have been to have warned me?
I did'nt have any idea of the circumstances until ATC came on the blower !
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