Beech King Air double engine fail
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Beech King Air double engine fail
A Beechcraft B200C Super King Air on a charter flight from Bukoba, Tanzania to Zanzibar, force-landed in Lake Manyara following a loss of engine power. The pilot announced he had lost one engine at 21,000 feet while en route and he decided to divert to Arusha. During the descent, at 16,000 feet, the remaining engine also seized. He then ditched the plane in Lake Manyara. All aboard were rescued by fishermen.
Bad fuel?
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Bad fuel?
In the possibility of bad or contaminated fuel, I noticed that many King Air operators do NOT drain the fuel sump drains.
Some are worried that if they drain fuel, as mandated by the AFM/POH, a dried-out or cracked O-ring might cause the fuel to leak.
But the end result is that engine(s) fuel filter(s) get clogged, causing the engine(s) to be unresponsive to power lever movement.
Note also that many "mechanics" and most pilots do not even know how many fuel sumps there are and, where exactly these sump drains are located.
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Well he's a hero. I mean, you know, he had a double engine failure, which statistically never happens, can't really happen unless you figure out how to suck in so many birds, take on water contaminated fuel, ect...so he did the only thing possible...landed in the water.
That's the new recalibration for pilot skill isn't it? To crash land in the drink and no one asks how it's possible to have both engines go out? Right? Just as long as everyone walks away...
That's the new 'standard'.
That's the new recalibration for pilot skill isn't it? To crash land in the drink and no one asks how it's possible to have both engines go out? Right? Just as long as everyone walks away...
That's the new 'standard'.
