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May 14th 04, 09:41 PM
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This past Monday, a couple of my friends took off in a Bonanza with a
3-blade McCauley prop installed. At about 1000 feet, on power reduction, one of the blades came unhooked from its pitch change mechanism and went into "free pitch" mode. Wow -- I can't imagine how a blade could come detached. Those are some pretty beefy mechanisms. Glad they're all safe. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" 
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May 14th 04, 10:22 PM
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In article haapc.2474$qA.269328@attbi_s51,
"Jay Honeck" wrote: This past Monday, a couple of my friends took off in a Bonanza with a 3-blade McCauley prop installed. At about 1000 feet, on power reduction, one of the blades came unhooked from its pitch change mechanism and went into "free pitch" mode. Wow -- I can't imagine how a blade could come detached. Those are some pretty beefy mechanisms. Glad they're all safe. I saw the prop in a friend's hangar -- you could rotate one blade freely about its longitudinal axis, while the other two were normal.
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