What if...

Matt Barrow wrote:
"john smith" wrote in message
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I play mental "What if.." games when I fly, trying to imagine the best
way to handle an in-flight emergeny.

One of the aircraft I fly is a 1982 Piper Turbo Arrow IV.
Nowhere in the POH does it mention the emergency procedure for a
turbocharger failure resulting in an oil fed fire in the engine
compartment.

Do you drop the gear or leave it up?

My thinking is to drop it to keep the nose gear tire from being consumed
as additional fuel and to move more air through the engine compartment
while in a dive/steep descent to blow out a fire

If your engine is out, why create more drag?

Why put more air into the engine compartment to feed the fire?

Blowing out an engine fire is NOT like blowing out a match.


Anyone with actual experience?

First - fire extinguisher made ready.

Second - get the plane on the ground PRONTO, but where I want it, not where
a draggy, gear down configuration might put me in a worse spot than I
already am.

Other thoughts?

If the smoke and fire are outside the cabin, KEEP THEM THERE.

I've been advised to slip if it can keep
the smoke out of the cockpit.