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....Sorry about the flowering shrub in the middle of the runway!

Paul... ...!

Pilot OK thanks to parachute!
Flowering shrub bent.

Oooop's

Nobody was hurt which I think is the main thing, and it proved on lighter single-engined kites that the parachute option might well be worth considering!

Yet he still bravely steered away from the schools, houses, convent, penguin sanctuary and the Gloucestershire Cat Protection League centre...

(according to the normal standard witnesses!)

It was interesting in the footage that the engine was still apparently running (note the prop blades in the photos).

Nice one Charlie, but you forgot The OAP home.....



As for the prop my thoughts too. Would not be the first time one of these systems has been say off accidently. Saying that I imagine he had more than a prop flashing before his eyes.....

Matt

The prop is bent backward so the engine was not producing power. Under power the propeller is moving faster than forward velocity and the pitch of the prop and force from the engine causes it to bend forward. No power then the forward motion of the plane bends them backwards. I got this little tidbit from an FAA investigator a few years ago while he was investigating an off airport landing at my home field KAXN.

I watched the video again and I really wonder why the prop is bent the way it is. As I said in my last post, the engine wasn't producing power when the prop was bent BUT I wonder if the engine was running at IDLE? Descending via parachute wouldn't produce enough airflow to windmill the prop and I noticed that the three blades aren't all bent the same. The topmost blade seems to be bent at a different distance from the tip than the others and at a different angle. Am I right about this? Why did the pilot deploy the chute? I didn't hear any reason given in the video. Interesting situation I must say.

I think that somebody was very lucky to get out of there alive...............

Trooper

An engine that is running is not necessarily producing power.

Matt

expat wrote:An engine that is running is not necessarily producing power.

Matt

MGB with a broken prop-shaft?

Paul... ....!

expat wrote:An engine that is running is not necessarily producing power.

Matt

One wonders why the pilot didn't switch it off. Details of the reason for parachute deployment don't appear to have been reported.

expat wrote:An engine that is running is not necessarily producing power. Matt

Yes and that's why I said I wonder if it was running at idle.


"MGB with a broken prop-shaft?" Unfortunately the Cirrus SR22 doesn't have a MGB, the prop gets bolted directly to the crank shaft like most other GA aircraft. If I was smart enough to figure out how to download a diagram I have on my computer I could show everyone the engine layout.

Ah the "Cirrus Lawn Dart" in action again.

I can remember, when I was a young Lad, living in the countryside during the War, often wishing for a German Bomber to crash-land in the meadow near me...

...so I could play in it, after school!

Paul...Childhood Dreams!... ...!

Hawkeye07 wrote:"MGB with a broken prop-shaft?" Unfortunately the Cirrus SR22 doesn't have a MGB, the prop gets bolted directly to the crank shaft like most other GA aircraft. If I was smart enough to figure out how to download a diagram I have on my computer I could show everyone the engine layout.

I believe this is the MGB Paul is referring to.