Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
"Judah" wrote in message
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"Kev" wrote in
ps.com:

I sometimes think the aviation community should come up with an
alternative description for a wing "stall", so that the layman doesn't
confuse it with engines. Anyone care to propose a nice short
descriptive phrase?

Why should we have to change our use of the term? I think the new term for
an
engine stall should be an engine shutdown, and stall should relate only to
loss of lift over a wing or other airfoil.



The problem is the word stall means something to the general public. When
they hear the word stall they associate with something they understand in
this cas, the engine stopping.

I like the term used in a Recent Lycoming AD: "Uncommanded
engine shutdown." It was referring to a catastrohic engine failure.
Understatement, huh?

Dan