I just realised that the wrecked aircraft was one of the aircrafts that I flew most during my PPL flying stage.

9M-HMT (Niner Mike Hotel Mike Tango, this is the way of pronunciation in aviation field).

Before its engine was changed to the new 2.0Engine, I did not have much to complain about the aircraft except for the super sensitive pre-stall warning sound.

This aircraft was also the first aircraft to change to the 2.0Engine. It was tested for many weeks on ground and then in the air before it was certified to be released for flying. No solo flying was allowed for the aircraft initially. Like cars, new engines normally have problems although they have been tested alot of times. Ditto for aircrafts.

So 9M-HMT was only for mutual flying (cadet+instructor) until they (the engineers and instructors) satisfied with the aircraft performance. I think it was like a month later then only they allowed solo students to fly it.

I flew with my instructor in that aircraft for local sortie, with the newly-fitted engine. Seriously, the engine was very powerful! Goddamn it was fast! It felt like fitting a turbocharger in a bicycle!


But there was a problem.


The previous engine was of a smaller cc, hence producing lesser power and lesser RPM as compared to the 2.0Engine.
The RPM indicator was designed and calibrated based on the older engine RPM. So it tended to show overspeed whenever we wanted to go full throttle. Many at times we had to abort take-off due to the RPM overspeed.

If you are thinking why we couldn't just take-off with RPM overspeed, try think about the structural limit of a propeller. It is not fun at all to fly an aircraft with a propeller broken into pieces.

The engineers realised the problem and had the panel changed later.

This was not the only problem affecting the aircraft. I shall not talk more about it. Haha.

Come to think of it, I am glad that nothing serious happened to me when I flew that aircraft alone!

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