# LA plane crash

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-plane-crash/828952>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-plane-crash/828952 "2019-02-04T16:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-plane-crash/828952/41 "2019-02-11T04:25:44Z")

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It’s not unknown for a pilot to pull back on the wrong engine in the event of a failure. But losing an entire prop hub and letting the engine rev to failure sounds like the pilot was incapacitated either from the prop striking the cockpit or a medical event.

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