|
Rear Engine
I was making a short trip, abt 50 miles, to another airport. Took off with full tanks and 3 people. When I started my descent, I realized that the throttle cable to the rear engine had some how frozen, and could not throttle back. I pulled back the front engine, and climbed to slow down, dropped the gear, then pulled mixture, and feather, and did a normal pattern to land. It was a non event.
Now, in the Beech Travel Air I got my ME rating in, a single engine landing was a HUGE event. A friend owns a Seneca, and out of annual, went up with his Mechanic. Had smoke from an engine right after take off, went around and landed, singel engine, but had to get a tow from the taxiway, since he had no directional control on the ground.
|