Nepalese investigators probing the Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 crash at Pokhara have disclosed that both propellers feathered just after the flying pilot asked for a further extension of the flaps. The ...

Nepalese investigators believe an instructor captain inadvertently moved the propeller condition levers, instead of the flap selector, during an ATR 72-500’s approach to Pokhara, causing the ...

Until recently Hamilton has had a virtual monopoly of the propeller business. Lately, however, it and its most formidable rival, famed old Curtiss-Wright Corp., have been seeking another ...

The preliminary report on the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 accident implies that the pilot monitoring moved the incorrect lever during approach to land. The preliminary report on the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 ...

Hartzell Propeller Inc. has received an STC to install a newly designed, three-blade propeller system on Beech 58, 58A and G58 Barons that are factory equipped with TCM IO-520 and IO-550 engines. The ...

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