The world is full of idiots, and you are just about to meet one at the top…..

No. The engines are just fine. P1 said so!!!

In that case remind me never to fly with him, I VALUE MY LIFE.

No. The engines are just fine. P1 said so!!!

If the structural strength was comparable I would say the Commander (and being high winged, without the damage to engines and props). After watching that footage I think it’s pretty safe to assume the engines have definitely been shock loaded.

Watched the clip this morning….. :-O

The climb out looks decidedly “sick” at one point – presumably the recently re-shaped/re-profiled propellor blades weren’t quite as efficient as usual :-O .

That’s one strong beast to take a hammering like that – and heaven knows why the (presumably) badly unbalanced propellors didn’t rip the gearboxes off the front of the engines, or rip the whole engines out of their bearers.

I’m surprised the aircraft actually had the ability to drag itself back into the air, let alone manage to fly on to another airfield. I always liked the look of the Aerostar, now I admire it’s apparent strength too…. would any other twin have let a pilot get away with that sort of error of judgement???!!!

Ironic that this featured a few days ago in “How Low Can You Go….?” in Historic!!

Perhaps his maintenance was carried out at Fort Lauderdale and he knew he’d need some!:eek:

His guardian angel was working overtime there. There are those who have and those who will. Which is why I’m sticking to fixed gear, it’s one less thing to forget.

Apparently according to PPrune

it happened at Fort Pierce (doesn’t look like St Lucy County to me) and the aircraft was flown back to Fort Lauderdale

:stupid:

That is a man that has just gone deep into overdraft in the Bank of Luck.

Moggy