PIGBOAT,
Not sure I follow your reasoning. I would think a significant prop overspeed would result in a net loss of thrust so there would be a yaw into the dead engine. In any case their will be a very noticable change in the sound of the aircraft as the props go massively out of sync and the TACH would hopefully provide an unequivical indication of which one is the problem. Lots of folks have pointed out the necessity of makeing sure you take the time to do things right. I heard a wonderfull story from an airline buddy:
The Scene.
SIM check ride in heavy airliner for very experienced Capt. Check pilot is brand new to training dept,young and very keen. Before proceding he tells Capt he wants fast action to deal with any incidents which arises, and then makes a comment about how some of the old guys are having trouble keeping up with his program.
Start SIM sesssion with max weight departure on runway just barely long enough. Just as FO calls VR , check pilot grenades one engine, engine fire bell goes and a whole bunch of BAD annuciator lights blink on. Capt ( While nailing pitch atitude and maintaining perfect heading ) leans forward and spends about 3 sec winding the panel clock ! He then calmly deals with all the action and checklist items as aircraft climbs away. The check pilot can't believe what he has just seen ,freezes the SIM and says " What the @$#%$#^#$ are you doing winding the clock when an engine has just blown up !! ??.
The Captains reply: " Son, ain't nobody killed themselves winding the clock , But lots of folks have died by pulling levers or pushing buttons before the figured out what their problem was
