Twin Bo Lands On Highway

From the B forum, lost one engine and couldn't get it to feather, couldn't maintain altitude. No damage and occupant(s) safe.
 
midwestpa24 said:
From the B forum, lost one engine and couldn't get it to feather, couldn't maintain altitude. No damage and occupant(s) safe.
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Wow that's a truly awesome job then. Hopefully the owner will be able to get it back off the highway and back to an airport without any undue hardship or damage.
 
Good looking aircraft, hope it survives the retrieval.
 
The plane was forced to land around 2 p.m. as a pilot was making the final approach to land at the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport and experienced “sudden engine failure in one of two engines,” according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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Wonder how long his final was. Even with the windmilling prop, at the end of a 90 minute flight... you'd think the sink rate would be enough to complete the approach to land.

Pilot did a nice job. Would love to know the failure mode that kills motor AND prevents feather. Something shearing in the gearbox?
 
Beautiful airplane. Glad it and the pilot are undamaged.
 
Talked to the local mechanic who was called to go pick up the plane and bring it back to KLXT. Nothing wrong with the plane at all.
Everyone involved thinks the pilot may have tried to go around and only advanced one throttle, then freaked out with the yaw.
 
Adam Weiss said:
Talked to the local mechanic who was called to go pick up the plane and bring it back to KLXT. Nothing wrong with the plane at all.
Everyone involved thinks the pilot may have tried to go around and only advanced one throttle, then freaked out with the yaw.
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Still a better decision than augering it in with full power on one engine. I don’t have multi yet, but it seems to me that a lot of times, pulling power until you figure things out is a good idea.
 
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