whatunion:
control depends on adequate speed, performance, however, requires gear stowed, 5 deg, etc. Min control speed itself depends on CG, weight, drag, power used, leg strength, etc.
I agree that there are times when they should be treated as SE acft but this does not justify your melodramatic comment.
The standard light twin departure brief contains something like this (I haven't got time to type the whole thing):
- eng problem on the ground: close both and stop
- eng problem airborne below Vtoss and ach: close both, lower nose, pick landing area, use power on live as required
- eng problem airborne above Vtoss and ach: control, attitude, power, drag, ident, verify, feather, 5 deg, etc
... this recognises that it isn't always possible to "go" and the stude is left in no doubt of this during their training. The concept of approach ach reinforces this - but this is down to performance and not control.
I prefer not to discuss accidents. We're all capable of getting it wrong and, unless you're in the hot seat at the time you don't know what actually happened.
HFD