1. Expect the unexpected
2. From Richard McSpadden - in an emergency or unexpected situation “take three seconds & make the optimum decision, rather than one second & make a reactive decision” because you can do a lot of damage in a very short period of time! The Startle Factor is REAL...
3. VMCA accidents in training occur with regular monotony, especially in high performance turboprops like the Kingair & Cessna Conquest, where instructors, when simulating an engine failure, retard the power lever to flight idle rather than zero thrust. By doing this, instructors are introducing two unrelated system failures - the engine & the Auto Feather system (NTS in the Conquest) & this makes aircraft control extremely difficult & has resulted in many loss of control accidents in Australia! This message is not being learnt in Aust...
Last edited by VH-MLE; 25th July 2020 at 01:03.
Reason: Add additional comments to point 3.