One of the training issues to me is that retarding a power lever to flight idle instead of zero thrust seems to be an ongoing problem in these classes of aircraft & the cause of many loss of control accidents in training. From memory VMCA in the C441 was around 91 or 95 KIAS, with VYSE of 120KIAS, but I can distinctly recall our C&T pilot demonstrating that maintaining control was extremely difficult even at 120KIAS with a power lever fully retarded instead of at zero thrust.
This message does not seem to be getting through & in the absence of Australian based simulators for many of these aircraft, a stronger focus is required by CASA/ATSB etc...
I did not know the front seat crew members, however SG was a great guy & a very professional operator...
Last edited by VH-MLE; 1st May 2020 at 05:37.
Reason: Edit last sentence.