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Old 29th Oct 2017, 08:04
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A Boeing manual will call for continued takeoff after an engine failure at rotate. Do you teach this in a Seminole during an initial multi?
No need to fall back on sarcasm, SP. You well know the answer to that ridiculous question. The Op made a valid point that bounced recovery in a light aircraft should include not only instruction on how to conduct a normal go-around procedure, but where suitable conditions exist a controlled touch-down straight ahead may be a safer technique.
The student who wrote his report was honest enough not to gild the lily when he admitted: "I panicked and decided to go around. Applied full power, full up elevator and with full flap and carb heat selected".

You have no idea of what go-around procedure he was taught and are merely speculating when you assert his error was due to lack of proper go-around training. Sometimes when momentary panic occurs in a stressful situation such as existed in this incident, previous good training can fly out of the window.
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