Max Trescott has posted excerpts on his blog from an email exchange with a pilot who had purchased a G1000 and Jeppview-equipped aircraft and recently experienced an engine failure while flying at night over the Pyrenees. Recalling the experience, the pilot states that:
It was a very unpleasant experience. Engine and prop vibration was extreme–as if the engine what going to unmount. Add a thick cloud layer, 60 knot winds and bad turbulence, terrain and at night. I don’t know how much more adverse it can get. [company name] pilot was outstanding. We suspect fuel contamination, but it is pure speculation at this point. I am seriously considering switching to twin engine flying, but all is too fresh now.
The entire exchange and posted comments from readers is well worth reading as it contains a number of important safety lessons for all pilots.