Originally Posted by
DAL4EVER
Scary stuff and sad for those guys. I remember the Saab (been 12 years so a little shady) had several protections for this. The final one basically induced a flameout on the engine which then allowed the prop to feather since it used counterweights not oil pressure to feather. Interesting design.
Ya... the Brasilia has something similar, too. It cuts off the fuel flow above a certain RPM. There's a point, though, where the only way to reduce RPM and feather the prop is reduce airspeed quickly without stalling.