Originally Posted by
brian434
Anyone ever have an accessory drive come apart and take the engine out with it? The 404 I had been flying had it happen on a 200 hour engine. Thankfully it was covered on the RAM warranty. Just wondering if that was common at all.
Never had a gearbox come apart, although I've blown jugs off of Continentals. I flew a 421A years ago, straight wing, nice airplane. Iirc, the propellers would drive the engines on power reduction, so I never reduced the power below 20" until over the fence.