Originally Posted by
HOVIS
Is the No. 2 engine always started first?...
Yes, from what I read that's correct, although I must reiterate my lack of actual experience here.
Another common factor in the five incidents noted was that the failure occurred at the takeoff/climb phase of flight. I have no concept of how the engine mounting is designed but can imagine that's generally when the most load is likely to be applied to the fixings, so hardly surprising.
I guess the takehome from this is that if you're a 73 driver in the climb and your machine starts yawing to the right (and maybe the throttles retard), have a squiz out the RHS window to see if you need to issue a hard hat warning for those on the ground
And if you're a mech, take great care to install said cone bolt per the approved methodology.
FP.