Another Goofy Story from the Press

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We should have a special section for dumb ass stories like this. Thank god no one was injured!

JEFFERSON COUNTY . -
Scary moments Thursday afternoon at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport in Jefferson County.

Airport manager Alex Rupp confirms to 12News that a private aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing there.

Rupp says the Aerostar twin-turbo engine plane had to land without a working left-side turbo.

The airport rescue firefighters responded to the scene. Rupp said two people were on board.

Neither was injured. The plane was taken to a hangar immediately after the emergency landing.​

http://www.12newsnow.com/story/2876...gency-landing-at-jack-brooks-regional-airport
 
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Roger Roger said:
You joke, but turbo letting go is near the top of my nightmare list in the Navajo.
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Excuse my ignorance, but is it that critical to the engine? It sounded like you'd just have to do a single engine landing back to the airport, right?
 
z987k said:
Because pieces might come off? It should run just fine.
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Finny said:
Excuse my ignorance, but is it that critical to the engine? It sounded like you'd just have to do a single engine landing back to the airport, right?
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Because that thing is glowing orange and has a rotational speed measured in the 10s of thousands of RPM when it's up and operating. Sure if it just slowly winds down you're fine, but if it quits because a pipe (also glowing orange) lets go, or the shaft breaks because the bearing siezes, you are about to have a very, very bad day, and short of immediate massive parts exiting the airplane failure you very well might not know which case you have from the cockpit when the MP gauge rolls toward atmo.
 
A turbo charger can have an EGT as high as 1600 degrees F and spin at 90,000 RPM. Not sure I'd be too happy sitting just a few feet away in a cockpit if one let's go.
 
Finny said:
Excuse my ignorance, but is it that critical to the engine? It sounded like you'd just have to do a single engine landing back to the airport, right?
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Not really, the engine will still run but will not produce power above atmospheric pressure.
 
Roger Roger said:
Because that thing is glowing orange and has a rotational speed measured in the 10s of thousands of RPM when it's up and operating. Sure if it just slowly winds down you're fine, but if it quits because a pipe (also glowing orange) lets go, or the shaft breaks because the bearing siezes, you are about to have a very, very bad day, and short of immediate massive parts exiting the airplane failure you very well might not know which case you have from the cockpit when the MP gauge rolls toward atmo.
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Or worse, the oil spews. Happened to my buddy on the PNAV. Converts it to a powered glider.
 
z987k said:
Because pieces might come off? It should run just fine.
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If it eats any of those pieces when it let's go, it won't run just fine. And that's exactly what I would hope for, because that would be a best case scenario IMO. Worst case is a fire, one that you may not be able to put out.
 
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