New PC12 Ditched Halfway to Hawaii

DavidWhite said:
I never understood the FADEC thing on what is already the easiest engine to run in the entire world.
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I agreed with you when you wrote this the other day, until I flew the NGX today. What really impressed me was how cool the starts where. Even on a quick turn battery start, the ITT was mid 600’s. Some other nice changes too.
 
Dave Theisen said:
I agreed with you when you wrote this the other day, until I flew the NGX today. What really impressed me was how cool the starts where. Even on a quick turn battery start, the ITT was mid 600’s. Some other nice changes too.
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Maybe it’s because most of the time I flew a PC12 it was in colder climes, but I can’t recall a start over 700.

Regardless of start temps, the PC12 is still the easiest airplane in the world to not kill yourself in.
 
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DavidWhite said:
Maybe it’s because most of the time I flew a PC12 it was in colder climes, but I can’t recall a start over 700.

Regardless of start temps, the PC12 is still the easiest airplane in the world to not kill yourself in.
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And yet people insist on killing themselves with it. Very sad. My company nearly bought one in the late 1990s, but I would never have been aboard it, I'm afraid.
 
Bill said:
That's an ugly stat.
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Agreed.

For the record, zero people have died in a PC-12 from engine failure. There have been a few high profile King Crashes in the past decade from loss of control on takeoff following an engine failure that have killed quite a few people.
 
Too bad the plane could not be recovered ,we will never know if it was a pump failure, engine failure or operator error. Glad to see the crew survived without major injury’s .
 
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