While climbing during day VFR pattern work at NAF Atsugi, Japan, Lt. Oliver Stormer, the pilot at the controls, felt the port power lever vibrate and the aircraft swerve to the left. The copilot and aircraft commander, LCdr. Paul Crump, saw the port fuel flow and IHP fluctuate erratically. Lt. Stormer immediately executed emergency procedures for RPM/IHP/TMT/fuel-flow fluctuations, but the indications, vibration and noticeable swerve, persisted. With the port power level at flight idle, the port engine showed minus 40 indicated-shaft horsepower. Unable to control the engine HP/RPM or propeller-blade angle, LCdr. Crump had Lt. Stormer secure the port engine and feather the propeller.
展开▼
