On Monday, January 20, 2014 3:52:54 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
JJ Sinclair wrote, On 1/20/2014 6:33 AM:

I would be more concerned with the what the prop might do when it

comes off the engine...............tragic accident not long ago,

where the ship was seen in a hard left turn at about 500', then the

pilot tried to bailout, but was too low. Prop was found stick in the

left wing! JJ



Propellers have come off DG400 and PIK 20, so it's not specific to the

AC-5M. Who was pilot in the AC-5M accident you mentioned?



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The fatal AC-5M accident I referred to happened on 19 May, 2012 at Kingston, NV. Preliminary accident report stated the prop was found imbedded in a wing, however the final report contains no such statement. The engine was displaced from its normal position and I suppose the prop may have been sticking into the left wing, but the finding was that no malfunctions were found in the airframe. Guess that's why preliminary reports are just that. The final report makes no attempt to explain what appears to be an uncontrollable turn or why the pilot attempted to bailout of a properly operating aircraft at very low altitude.
JJ