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Originally Posted by hanshauprich
Hello,
I have an generally question: For what reason can stopp the propeller on the engine? No fuel, problem with the cooling system? Her the details:
Over my hometown crashed an P-51 "Mustang" in December 1944 (505th FS)
The Statement from mumber four position was "....and started descending in a pretty steep glide with low forward speed. I circled him and kempt him in sight all the way down. His propeller was completely stopped as thoug frozen. He bailed out at about 3,000 feet by rolling the plane over
Thanks a lot for infos!
hans
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If the propeller was completely stopped while not feathered the engine must have suffered a major failure since it must have been seized. If it was feathered, there could have been numerous possible modes of failure. Running our of fuel is possible but not particularly plausible as the aircraft should have had taken-off with significantly reduced fuel load and no competent pilot would do that.
Edit: Apparently it did not have a fully-feathering prop, so that would indicate a total structural engine failure. Assuming the witness statement is 100 % accurate.