Whilst not implying anything in relation to this accident, are there any King Air drivers out there that are unaware of a bit of a gotcha in relation to (what I call) power lever slide-back?
Due to incorrect friction settings; it likes to happen on takeoff when your hands come off the power levers and you go to retract the gear. It can feel like an engine failure.
Car RAMROD:
In this type of machine, with the veteran in question: I would be very very surprised if he had a hand off the power/prop levers:
Power lever slide back, is for the new age, hands off power levers:
remember systems dont fail anymore, power levers dont slide back, and many many training organisations filled with experienced HEAVY ENLIGHTENED OPERATORS, DO INSIST that once you rotate you release the thrust levers/prop levers: I say Thrust and Prop because I spread my hand and cover all, and forcibly if needed push them all forward if needed:
Hand on all until Im retracting flap.
Now as for weight, and speed at which one rotates, is another mattttttttter.
A good bastard, better than me, now
gone.
# 17 in what was my career! and it hurts:
HS/R.