Critical engine out situation most likely. Until your airspeed in a twin is above the “blue line” the plane is uncontrollable with a critical engine out failure. You do not have enough rudder to keep it flying straight and it wants to roll over on it’s back! You only have a split second to identify the engine that’s quit and throttle the other one back below the blue line. Asymmetric thrust is a bitch!
Thanks for the info, As a lifelong, hobby sim-pilot I find stuff like that very interesting.
Sometimes you just dont have a chance.Happened to some real good friends of mine in a twin engine bomber way back.
Critical engine stall training was the closest I ever came to crapping my pants!
The extra engine allows you to fly to the scene of the crash.
A well maintained and monitored single engine is probably safer.
It seems like the most popular general aviation aircraft these days are single engine like the Cirrus. At the higher end the PC12 is popular. The Cessna Caravan is a workhorse for small cargo carriers.
If one engine quit, can’t you just throttle back both of them? The dead engine doesn’t care about its throttle position.
Or maybe one engine is putting out partial power and you need to match the two?
Um, if one engine is out why do You even have to ident the working one. (Obviously you will but split second timing is split second) Pull back both throttles; Reducing throttle on a dead engine doesn’t have an effect, right.
Yup...that is why the pilot must verbally brief himself and the passengers what the procedure for an engine failure is and how he will either abort the takeoff or continue and deal with the inflight emergency. I briefed myself in my Aztec every takeoff I made for the ten years I flew it. An option, always, was to close both throttles and land straight ahead, hoping to hit something soft.
Critical engine was the left for other than rudder efficiency. It also had the hydraulic pump for the gear and flaps. (grins)
I did a single engine take off in my 310 out of PDX. I was heading for my home grass strip in Hillsboro, when I noticed 0 oil pressure in right engine. Landed at PDX to check it . added a bit of oil and decided to take home. Started both engines but left the the left one at idle, got clearance and took off from the 8,000 foot runway. got it up to blue line and lifted off, I was light so and a good margin. Climbed out at about 500 ft/min and made it home. turned out it was a blown oil pump. The worst twin on one engine is the Baron.
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Pulled back way too soon!