Beagle crash

[nibbio86]

spoke to a couple of the van drivers up here. Apparently he had lost oil pressure in the engine and thinking commercially he decided to shut down the engine, so as not to cause any more damage to the engine than what has already been done.

Well that didn't work as planned. But then again the insurance company would be paying for the engine now.

If you've only got one, thinking commercially is running the engine at whatever power it will give you until you are assured (or closer to) a landing. Once that engine has let you down there is no need to baby it. It's the safety of your passengers and your own arse that matter. The insurance looks after the rest!

Before somebody else makes comments on why the pilot shut down the engine, please go read the Caravan's POH first instead of adding more disinformed crap.

[walschaert valve]

The insurance company won't pay for the engine if it is the cause of the loss.

[VH-XXX]

So if my name is Steve Maltby and I am banging along in my brand new Cirrus SR22wizz bang GTS, the engine fails and the aircraft is lost in the sea and a write off, does the insurance company give me a new aircraft but withOUT an engine??????

[Jabawocky]

VH-XXX

If they did..... you should then go talk to the refueller who put Jet Fuel in it

Rumour has it..............

[walschaert valve]

Should have been clearer, I was talking about the theoretical situation of shutting down the engine to save further damage. Generally where the aircraft is clearly a total loss or a constructive total loss, such as the 208 at Broome, the whole sum insured is paid by the insurer. Less excess if applicable.