Multi-Engine Commercial Checkride

[BLing]

There are three types of information in aviation:

1. Things you need too know
2. Things that are nice to know
3. And who gives a $hit!

This is the biggest bit you will need to know after an engine failure that you MUST commit to memory:

"Roll Wings level, step on the ball"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

"Mixtures, props, throttles forward"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

"Gear up, Flaps up, boost pumps on"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

"Identify (Dead foot dead engine), verify (Confirm and slowly close affected throttle), feather (confirm and slowly feather dead engine)"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

I have signed off well over a hundred students and at least half of them have been multiengine students of some type. This mental checklist works! When and if you have time, back it up with a real checklist.

Back to my three types of information, the mental checklist is something YOU NEED TO KNOW as well as you systems and general knowledge. Knowing EVERYTHING about everything falls into the category of who gives a $hit. Just have a good general knowledge of how and why things work, but dont be fooled into being able to know everything about it.

Also just as a nice technique to make you smoother at dealing with an angine failure...Dont be fooled into pitching for blue line right away, unless you have a failure after takeoff or if a climb is needed. If enroute maintain altitude until the airspeed slows to blue line, than maintain that speed. Dont worry about loosing altitude at this point, this will buy you the most time from there on out.

Good luck with your training!

 

[unreal]

There are three types of information in aviation:

1. Things you need too know
2. Things that are nice to know
3. And who gives a $hit!

This is the biggest bit you will need to know after an engine failure that you MUST commit to memory:

"Roll Wings level, step on the ball"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

"Mixtures, props, throttles forward"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

"Gear up, Flaps up, boost pumps on"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

"Identify (Dead foot dead engine), verify (Confirm and slowly close affected throttle), feather (confirm and slowly feather dead engine)"
"Heading and altitude (till blue line = Vyse)"

This is pretty much the CPDIVE acronym I've used in the past. Works well.

Control - Put in appropriate aileron and control inputs to establish zero sideslip.
Power - Mixtures, props, throttles to full.
Drag - Flaps up, gear up.
Identify - "Dead foot, dead engine."
Verify - Retard throttle for the dead engine.
Evaluate - Feather or troubleshoot to try for a restart, depending on the situation.

Or, my favorite that simply combines the "control" and "power" steps. Care is needed in a higher powered airplane though, else if you don't control properly while you're cramming, you can get into all sorts of trouble:

Cram
Clean
Identify
Verify
Evaluate

 

[BLing]

Evaluate - Feather or troubleshoot to try for a restart, depending on the situation.

You made me realize that I forgot to put FIX or feather, not just feather depending on the situation.