Pilot Upon Landing Noticed That The Left Engine Was Shutdown

[kilroy]

What a surprise to look out the window and realize your engine is shut down.

DENTIFICATION Regis#: 161FL Make/Model: CVLT Description: CV-540/580/600/640 (VC-131H) Date: 12/04/2004 Time: 2041 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: MinorLOCATION City: MC ALLEN State: TX Country: USDESCRIPTION PILOT UPON LANDING NOTICED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. ACFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY. ACFT LEFT THE RWY AND CONTINUED THROUGH A FIELD COMING TO REST AGAINST A HILL. MCALLEN INTERNATIONAL ARPT., MC ALLEN, TXINJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: WEATHER: KMFE 042053Z 290/03KT 5SM BR 0VC 15/14 A3002 OTHER DATA Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: General Aviation Departed: MFE Dep Date: 12/04/2004 Dep. Time: 1954 Destination: MFE Flt Plan: UNK Wx Briefing: U Last Radio Cont: MFE ARPT Last Clearance: CLRD TO LND FAA FSDO: SAN ANTONIO, TX (SW17) Entry date: 12/06/2004http://forums.flightinfo.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=6

 

[minitour]

uh...how do you miss that?

-mini

 

[Vik]

You're just so d@mn good at single engine approaches, its second nature

 

[mar]

Cv-540/580/600/640 (vc-131h)

I dunno. What kind of engines?

The R2800s on the DC6 would often load up and die. Or they might go straight to feather coming out of reverse.

It can keep you busy on a slick runway with a crosswind.

I'm sorry some guy got this on his record now. Oh well, something to talk about at his next interview I guess.

 

[Dan CFI/CFII]

That's a Convair 580 (so T-56s or whatever the civil name for them is)

I've had a Garrett that was fine until we were on the ground, and as we came out of reverse, it simply wasn't producing power, nor would it respond to the power lever. Then the temperature began to steadily climb, so we shut it down.

This was in an almost remote area (Fort Yuk mar), so we did our best visual inspection, called our company, and they told us to start it up and check it out. We did, found no problems, and flew the airplane for quite some time after that.

The same problem manifested itself about a month later, but that time they found the problem (big, bad and expensive).

I don't know when the engine stopped responding or making power, but it certaintly wasn't right after touchdown. I can't imagine that the Convair's engine was completely stopped though, that would be some trick! That'll teach you to pull the engine into reverse too abruptly!

Dan

 

[mar]

Tpe 331

Hey Dan, I'm guessing your problem was the fuel control unit. I had one take a dump on me in the Metro once.

Reduced the power to 30% on descent and that's where it stayed until we shut it down after landing. Cranky old thing.

Fly safe up there.