AW 139 Hard Landing in Spain.
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AW 139 Hard Landing in Spain.
Surprised this isn't here already. It appears that a Babcock SAR 139 in Spain had an engine failure due to turbulence. An auto rotation was carried out resulting in a hard landing........
Incident AgustaWestland AW139 EC-NEH, 12 Jun 2019
Incident AgustaWestland AW139 EC-NEH, 12 Jun 2019
Last edited by Senior Pilot; 14th Jun 2019 at 11:12.
I suppose the question to be asked is why could the aircraft not maintain flight OEI to the extent the pilot determined the required action to be an autorotation?
The followup question is why would turbulence cause an engine failure?
The followup question is why would turbulence cause an engine failure?
Yes, something doesn't ring true here.
Maybe their 30% pay cut had something to do with it
Maybe their 30% pay cut had something to do with it
You get what you pay for I reckon!
Alicante to Gijon is a ways, over 400 miles assuming no diversions or wx/headwinds. Wonder what his plan was after the low fuel lights came on?
ahh, scratch that, Albarracin is about halfway, shouldn’t have been a fuel problem yet.
ahh, scratch that, Albarracin is about halfway, shouldn’t have been a fuel problem yet.
Last edited by malabo; 13th Jun 2019 at 14:08.
You'd have to sustain negative G for a wee while to cause both engines to flame out.
I'd be looking at some other reason for fuel not getting to the engines.
FDR readout should be interesting.
I'd be looking at some other reason for fuel not getting to the engines.
FDR readout should be interesting.
The 139 can be SP or MP
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Looks like someone let the groundhog out.
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ANFI you are making a very good point. This simply should not happen to MEH!! As your sarcasm alludes to, fuel starvation of any kind rather defeats the advantages of having more than 1 engine.
It will be really interesting to understand how this one has happened. I cant see turbulence causing a double flameout. Surely the pressure fuel in the feed line from the boost pump to the engine would last several seconds even if the boost pumps starts to cavitate!!
But with Clutha, now this one, ANFI, your arguments gather some momentum!
It will be really interesting to understand how this one has happened. I cant see turbulence causing a double flameout. Surely the pressure fuel in the feed line from the boost pump to the engine would last several seconds even if the boost pumps starts to cavitate!!
But with Clutha, now this one, ANFI, your arguments gather some momentum!
