Nick6485
Well-Known Member
Was on my way out of Oakland today climbing through 5,000 when the governor for the prop gave out. The prop started to over speed. I reduced power and tried pulling the prop back to see if maybe it would reduce the RPM but nothing. I immediately called nor cal requesting a turn back to the airport because of mechanical issues. I got a vector back to the airport and they asked if I wanted to declare an emergency. At this point I had the situation under control because I had reduced power to about 20" bringing the RPM down to 2500. So I told them not yet. They set me up for a straight in on 27R. Landed the plane and taxied to the ramp. What gets me is during my run-up I cycled the prop three times and each time it did what it was supposed to do. Its also not like I slam the throttle in when I take off. I slowly bring the power in so stuff like this doesn't happen.
I'm glad I was trained the way I was. Especially because I had two passengers with me. Its never a good thing when you have passengers on board and something like this happens. To be honest I don't know how I kept my cool during the whole situation. Nothing like this has ever happened. What made it harder was knowing I was responsible for the safety of my two passengers. One of them was freaking out during the whole thing. Wish I had an isolate button because I would have used it! I'm just glad I got them on the ground safely. Sorry about the length, and any fragmented sentences...its late (or early...however you wanna look at it), and its been a really long day.
I'm glad I was trained the way I was. Especially because I had two passengers with me. Its never a good thing when you have passengers on board and something like this happens. To be honest I don't know how I kept my cool during the whole situation. Nothing like this has ever happened. What made it harder was knowing I was responsible for the safety of my two passengers. One of them was freaking out during the whole thing. Wish I had an isolate button because I would have used it! I'm just glad I got them on the ground safely. Sorry about the length, and any fragmented sentences...its late (or early...however you wanna look at it), and its been a really long day.