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Mike Patey's PT6A engine explodes mid-flight

Given enough airplanes and time engines fail with one you are going down.

EGLK, United Kingdom
www.ing-golze.de
EDAZ

Arne wrote:

Yes, however turbine bits flying out the exhaust is still considered contained.
They did not penetrate the outer engine casing, just went out the normal exit path.

@Arne, sorry, the video was too long for me, was there an information that the debris were contained inside the engine and exhaust?

EGTR

Yes, however turbine bits flying out the exhaust is still considered contained.
They did not penetrate the outer engine casing, just went out the normal exit path.

ESMK, Sweden

UdoR wrote:

Is my understanding correct that in an uncontained engine failure you have debris coming out of the engine, whereas in a contained failure the debris keeps inside? That is what skybrary teaches.

skybrary for uncontained engine failure

My undersanding as well.

EGTR

arj1 wrote:

If it was contained engine failure, then, well, IT happens, so what.
If it was an UNcontained engine failure

Is my understanding correct that in an uncontained engine failure you have debris coming out of the engine, whereas in a contained failure the debris keeps inside? That is what skybrary teaches.

skybrary for uncontained engine failure

Germany

eurogaguest1980 wrote:

many good pilots have failed.

Well, the proof is in the pudding.

It looks like the whole compressor stage literally exploded. This is perhaps a common failure mode of these engines (when they eventually do fail), I don’t know, but it for sure must have made a load bang

The elephant is the circulation
ENVA ENOP ENMO, Norway

Antonio wrote:

In the video the former turbine is called PT and the latter CT .

Did he tell in one point in the video that missing blade is probably from PT?

LDZA LDVA, Croatia

Sebastian_G wrote:

Simply doing a lot of invasive work to be “safe” often results in the opposite. Lets cut that 80 year old person open and look inside, maybe we find something wrong. Hey wait the person died because of an unfortunate infection sustained during surgery…

During WWII, the RAF dramatically improved dispatch rate by increasing inspection intervals…

ESKC (Uppsala/Sundbro), Sweden

For better understanding, this is a dual-shaft engine with a “power turbine”, connected to the gearbox and driving the prop, and a “compressor turbine”, driving the..er, compressor. In the video the former turbine is called PT and the latter CT .

Last Edited by Antonio at 25 Jul 06:10
Antonio
LESB, Spain
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