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Old 25th Mar 2010, 11:22
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ace from space, interesting post. You said:
In over 6000 hours on type, twice I experienced a situation when the #1 engine was simulated to fail (by setting flight idle) after V1 and the speed is allowed to get a little slow, the a/c required not only full opposite rudder but also full opposite aileron to check the yaw and roll to the left. (and even then the a/c continued to deviate from centreline)
The situation was remedied by reducing the power on the live engine to reduce the asymmetric yaw.
This is alarming. You were on the verge of being out of control. It could be said that you *were* out of control - given your continued problem with directional control.

Is this a frequent occurrence on these sorts of training flights? Is CASA aware of this?

Being on the verge of losing control, just a small hiccup (e.g. wind gust) would have put you out of control.

With the rapidly developing yaw and roll towards the dead engine, what then is the procedure? Is there an officially documented one?

You said that you "decreased power on the good engine". Is it possible that somebody could instead try to increase power on the "failed" engine - with a long spool-up time then making a crash inevitable?
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