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Old October 25th 09, 03:32 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Aluckyguess[_4_]
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Default Declared first emergency last week


"BeechSundowner" wrote in message
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On Sep 9, 8:44 pm, Dana M. Hague wrote:
Sounds like you handled the situation well, but it doesn't sound like
an "emergency". My understanding is that you declare an emergency
when you need assistance or clearance RIGHT NOW. In this case, you
weren't in any imminent danger;


Judgement call on the pilots part as you already know, but if you
can't control the engine, if that isn't an emergency, I don't know
what is. For all intent and purposes, he had a runaway plane until he
worked the problem!

No, you still had at least 2 ways to control the engine.