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Old 7th Feb 2015, 08:18
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In February 1980, a fully laden King Air took off from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport , had EFTO and soon after crashed killing all on board.
There was found to be fuel contamination and that the pilot (single pilot ops)
had used a company prescribed reduced power take-off. The investigation also revealed that the pilot had on a number of occasions on licence renewal flights, initially called the wrong engine when confronted with a simulated engine failure. Some flying schools used to teach "pressure left - failure right". Others, believing it might obviate a dyslexic response, taught "feather the free foot".
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