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[Rotorhead]

Well, back to the original topic...

 

Any news on what happened?

 

[Nomex]

I took the liberty of copying the following post by 407D from the Pprune website:

 

 

I was told the aircraft reached a point over 490 Rpm, I'd expect that a B3 runs at 390 +/-, similar to a B2 ? So that equated to a 126% M/R speed.

 

An overspeed can happen to any aircraft.

If a FADEC or governor system goes bad, Zoom, up comes the M/R RPM.

The pilot controlled the overspeed, (or it went into an automatic shut-down situation, I'm not familiar with the B3 systems), he auto'd and all 3 on board are fine.

 

The aircraft can be repaired.

 

Well done !

[407 Driver]

Don't dwell too long on that statement. It was based on my initial info, and was also aimed at a previous poster over there that commented on this should only have happened to an EC120 ???

 

I've Heard a more factual account of this incident since, but, sorry, unable to repeat...........

[Rotorhead]

Thanks for the PMs guys.

 

RH