Does this mean they lost engine power and were trying to glide in? Asking the FR pilots.
“Feathering applies to turboprop aircraft and is done when there is an engine stall”
Reciprocating engines also goofball.
Sounds like suicide by aircraft.
I think the pilot had a lot of experience and that is obviously a big no-no.
Pulled the props instead of the flaps?
Could they have been trying this. Then when the pilot banked the plane it stalled.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-airports-to-use-greener-glide-approach-to-landing/?ref=upstract.com
Ran out of fuel?
Mind thy airspeed lest thy ground speed rise up and smite thee.
The crash video is pitiful
Alive one instant
Dead the next
Sorry, I should have noted that ATRs all use Pratt & Whitney engines. The only a/c that use Garrets are odd ducks like the Mitsubishi MU-2, Fairchild Metroliner (AKA the Flying Lawn Dart), the BAE Jetsream, and IIRC the Beechcraft B100 (most King Airs use P&W PT6s).
As for the loss an an engine being the cause of the crash, the best place you could possibly lose an engine would be on descent at your destination because you’ve burned off your en-route fuel, so the a/c is light, and you don’t need much power because you’re going down hill the rest of the way.
The ATR 72 is well capable of taking off and climbing out if it loses an engine on take-off roll (provided it happens after reaching V1 airspeed), so losing one on descent to arrival shouldn’t be a big deal (that’s what commercial pilots are trained for, and paid to do). IF — big-eye, big eff — IF that’s all that went wrong.