Beagle
Why do find it necessary to twist my words?
I did not say that engine fires never happen..... I said that "the engine suddenly explodes into a ball of intense flame on the takeoff run" where obviously you just want to get out of the aircraft as quickly as possible, never happens, a scenario that you seem to have a particular fetish for. There have been instances of fires on takeoff in small aircraft, although they are usually electrical, or a burning birds nest, and in every case I am aware of, they went out as soon as everything was shut off. Shutting down the aircraft systems after the aircraft has been brought to a quick stop, strikes me as a sensible thing to do, and can be done quite quickly as it follows the same flow as all the other checks.
In any case the principal point I was trying to make was my belief that the EFATO emergency, particularly the engine failure at low altitude, is a desperate emergency requiring an instant and correct response...... and that I believe that light plane pilots, particularly low time ones, are more likely to do the right things when the sudden, unexpected, shocking, failure occurs, if they have reviewed the drill before the takeoff. This review of critical actions is the norm in professional aviation and I think has utility when applied, appropriate to the type and operation, in the piloting of light aircraft.
It is obvious we are never going to agree so it pointless to continue this thread.
Last edited by Big Pistons Forever; 4th July 2010 at 19:23.