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Today I was flying my Twin Comanche PA30 everything was great until after
landing. Once I had the wheels on the ground I pulled the power back to idle, about three seconds or so after I pulled the power back the prop feathered and the engine shut down. I let the engine cool down for about 30 min then started the engine right up. Everything was running great. So I took off and flew around for a while then came back to land, this time after I landed I put the power back up to 1500 rpm, the oil temp was right below redline the oil was at 50psi then the prop feathered and the engine shut down again. This also happened to me yesterday. Every time I land the prop feathers and the engine shuts down . Everythings always great until after landing. I only have 40 hours on the engine. Could anyone please help me out? Has this ever happened to anyone before? Does anyone have any ideas on what it could be thanks for everyone’s help. |
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You didn't specifiy that it was the same engine all the time, but I'll
presume that to be the case. IIRC, feathering is usually brought about on those props by lack of oil pressure, right? So it is either a lack, or a perceived lack of pressure. Actually, I'm more fascinated by the fact that you took off and flew around not once, but apparently at least twice, in a craft with a prop that was inexplicably self-feathering. Hmmm... JG "AIR ADVENTURE82" wrote in message ... Today I was flying my Twin Comanche PA30 |
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"Air Adventure" is right. What were you doing flying an aircraft that had
an obvious engine/prop problem? This should be looked at by a competent mechanic before flying again. Three MAJOR issues: 1) Prop feathering - it is out of your control. 2) Engine stalling 3) What seems like very high oil temperature after landing. You could have a real major problem there and by flying you could very well be compounding it. What if there is an oil blockage? There could be parts of the engine not getting oil and damage occurring to those parts (this could account for the high oil temp). Hey, I'm no A&P but this machine is crying out for help. "AIR ADVENTURE82" wrote in message ... Today I was flying my Twin Comanche PA30 everything was great until after landing. Once I had the wheels on the ground I pulled the power back to idle, about three seconds or so after I pulled the power back the prop feathered and the engine shut down. I let the engine cool down for about 30 min then started the engine right up. Everything was running great. So I took off and flew around for a while then came back to land, this time after I landed I put the power back up to 1500 rpm, the oil temp was right below redline the oil was at 50psi then the prop feathered and the engine shut down again. This also happened to me yesterday. Every time I land the prop feathers and the engine shuts down . Everythings always great until after landing. I only have 40 hours on the engine. Could anyone please help me out? Has this ever happened to anyone before? Does anyone have any ideas on what it could be thanks for everyone's help. |
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I forgot to put it in but the mechanic looked at it and brang up the idle on
the right engine and put more oil in the engine and said go fly. He's Just trouble shooting right now. and the same thing happened. It happened once before about 2 months ago but then it stopped. |
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