Questions tagged [engine-failure]
An engine failure occurs when one or more engines on an aircraft stop functioning normally. This is often assumed to mean a complete loss of power from the engine, but partial power loss and excess power are also engine failures.
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One engine Inoperative - Aerodynamics
I have been learning about the engine failure aerodynamics as part of my studies; however a few things that were said in the textbook have confused me after I tried the following case in X-Plane with ...
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What might be the causes of a pilot shutting down the wrong engine?
There have been multiple accidents in which according to the investigations pilots have shut down the wrong engine after one engine failure (ie TransAsia 235, British Midland 092)
Anyway, the question ...
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Why declare a Pan-Pan for engine failure as opposed to a Mayday call?
I know this sounds stupid, loss of an engine is very serious, especially if you have two as opposed to four (380), although one engine is sufficient depending on weight:
Google says
In aviation, an ...
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Twin propeller aircraft engine failure procedures
Assuming piston or turbo driven twin propeller aircraft, where both propellers spin in the same direction.
Are there different procedures and minimum margins to be observed regarding if one or the ...
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When losing all engines, can an airliner pilot use the autopilot to maximize the gliding distance?
In case all engines become inoperable mid-flight, an airliner essentially becomes a glider too heavy to maintain altitude.
In this life-and-death situation, can the pilot select a "best glide ...
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Can an airliner fly with only 1 out of 4 engines operating?
If 3 out of 4 engines fail mid-flight, can a commercial passenger aircraft still perform level flight?
Obviously, the aircraft will not be able to maintain its 4-engine cruising altitude. But can it ...
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Does the CFM56-7B engine have an LRD (Load Reduction Device)?
Reading about the Jeju 2216 crash, and seeing Mentour's 'Kills in 39 seconds' youtube presentation in quick succession seemed too much of a coincidence. Pilot disorientation following bird-strike ...
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Boeing 757-200 OEI take-off capability?
My master's project is to design an engine for a Boeing 757-200 and I’m using the RR RB211-535E4 as a benchmark.
Looking through the values on this page:
With a mass of $110$ T and a L/D ratio of $11....
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Does an airplane fly less or more efficiently after a mid-flight engine failure?
When a multi-engine airplane loses an engine mid-flight, does it consume more or less fuel per distance travelled during the remainder of the flight with fewer engines operative? In other words, is ...
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What happens when a helicopter loses the engine and autorotation is not initiated?
I am thinking of a very basic main and tail rotor configuration helicopter, without any aerodynamic surfaces like vertical or horizontal stabilizer, in a steady state horizontal forward flight at ...
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Angle of bank affects on descent rate
I’m attempting to do some maths regarding the ‘impossible turn’ (engine failure after takeoff, followed by a 180+ deg turn back to the field to land). I understand how to determine radius, rate of ...
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Does anyone know why the Horten Ho 229 V2 crashed?
On February 18, 1945 the German Horten Ho 229 crashed due to an engine failure and I was wondering if the failure was caused because of the planes irregular shape or some other external factor. I will ...
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How do you determine VMCG, if its yawing moment by the inoperative engine is only be corrected by the rudder?
The requirement of VMCG is:
VMCG, the minimum control speed on the ground, is the calibrated airspeed during the takeoff run at which, when the critical engine is suddenly made inoperative, it is ...
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Scared of flying in an Airbus A220
The A220 is exclusively powered by PW1500G geared turbofan engines, which have a history of reliability issues.
Multiple airlines grounded their entire A220 fleet amid engine concerns (A220 Engine ...
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How would a GE9X's react to ingesting a person?
Was wondering how a GE9X (or GE90/etc.) would fare after ingesting a person, at takeoff or climb thrust. (For a story.) Obviously the person is dead and the engine can safely be assumed to be a write ...
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