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Commuter Airliner Crashes Less Than 30 Minutes After Takeoff

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Flying With One Engine in Flight Idle

The control asked if the propeller was feathered or not, they responded by saying it was idle. It could be that I don't know the exact timeline. He could have been like not listening to that little bit of information. The captain did not realize the consequences of flying with one engine in flight idle. This resulted in an approach not stabilized in power airspeed and pitch during the final approach.

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