In collaboration with Sporty’s Pilot Shop, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) has released the fourth of five videos in its “Taming the Twin” series, with tips on how to safely operate a multiengine airplane.
“Multiengine operations require a pilot’s methodical response to one of the engines failing in flight,” said ASI Vice President of Operations Paul Deres. “Taming the Twin: Engine Failure During Cruise reviews the process of identifying, verifying, troubleshooting, and securing the failed engine. The video also discusses how to brief the subsequent single-engine approach and landing and why a go-around on one engine should not be considered after establishing a stabilized approach with the landing committed.”
The series’ final video — Taming the Twin: Engine Failure in IMC — is scheduled to be released in October 2024.
You can see the other videos in the Taming the Twin series here.
Very thorough. A couple of thoughts.
“Fly the airplane” only initially mentioned airspeed and altitude. It could be expanded to include keeping the wing level with the ailerons and the heading stable with the rudder, using either visual outside or instrument (AI/DG) references. That will insure the correct rudder pressure is applied. If the airplane is allowed to drift off heading, it may do so with the ball showing coordinated flight and little to no apparent yawing force which could lead to mis-identifying the failed engine.
Dead foot/idle foot is very traditional. At an AOPA FIRC long ago, I heard another great suggestion for identifying the dead engine. The suggestion was to put the controls in the same position as the feet – following the video at 2:53, that would put the left throttle back and the right throttle forward to match the position of the feet.