PT6 failures?
11-29-2013 | 10:55 AM
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Wasn't my story but still a good one. A guy I know bagged the left engine just after pulling up the gear on a 200 series King Air. Come to find out one of the technicians overhauling the engine dropped an ink pen inside the hot section.
12-12-2013 | 10:30 AM
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Pilot described 'catastrophic engine failure' in Molokai crash - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Another Pt-6 in Hawaii failed-1 death.
Another Pt-6 in Hawaii failed-1 death.
01-16-2014 | 06:21 PM
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I was surprised to hear of as many failures as people here are mentioning. My personal experience with the engine isn't too impressive (700 hours), but I haven't heard of any failures in the training command here over the past two years, and we're collectively flying about 45,000 hours per year.
01-17-2014 | 08:34 AM
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Used to be you couldn't operate scheduled service single engine beyond gliding distance of shore. The FAA changed the rules in a triumph of money over safety. The PT-6 is reliable but they do fail and airplanes do crash because of it semi-regularly. Acceptable losses, say the insurance companies.
Don't remember is someone mentioned the Pilatus that ditched off Russia in 2001. N660NR.
Don't remember is someone mentioned the Pilatus that ditched off Russia in 2001. N660NR.
01-17-2014 | 09:14 AM
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01-17-2014 | 09:31 AM
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01-18-2014 | 11:44 PM
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I was surprised to hear of as many failures as people here are mentioning. My personal experience with the engine isn't too impressive (700 hours), but I haven't heard of any failures in the training command here over the past two years, and we're collectively flying about 45,000 hours per year.
02-25-2014 | 06:55 PM
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I have had one real failure, and 2 precautionary shutdowns in my 8k hours of PT-6. 1. bad bearing overtemp, chewed up hot section 2.blown prop seal/smoke in aircraft precautionary ie: still made power, but for how long, 3. low oil pressure/leak shutdown at 60 psi as per mfr's instructions.
I Love them, but you would have to pay me an awful lot to fly a single again.
I Love them, but you would have to pay me an awful lot to fly a single again.
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