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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-19
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › TEAM Checklist: Choose and Implement Risk Controls › The DECIDE Model

  First, adjust the power to the maximum controllable level on both engines. Because the left engine is the only engine delivering thrust, the yaw increases to the right, which necessitates application of additional left rudder application. Figure ... worldwide. Its application is illustrated in column A while automatic/naturalistic decision-making is shown in column B. The failed engine is the side that requires no rudder pressure, in this case the right engine. Second, having identified the failed right…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 13-34
  Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Approach and Landing

  performance variations caused by engine and propeller wear, turbulence, and pilot technique, the airplane may not maintain altitude even at its published single-engine ceiling. Any further rate of sink, however, would likely be modest. An engine failure ... descent or other low power setting can be deceiving. The dramatic yaw and performance loss is absent. At very low power settings, the pilot may not even be aware of a failure. If a failure is suspected, the pilot should…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 13-23
  Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Flight Principles › Derivation of VMC

  critical engine is the engine whose failure had the most adverse effect on directional control. On twins with each engine rotating in conventional, clockwise rotation as viewed from the pilot's seat, the critical engine will be the left engine ... Multiengine airplanes are subject to P-factor just as single-engine airplanes are. The descending propeller blade of each engine will produce greater thrust than the ascending blade when the airplane is operated under power and at positive angles…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 15-6
  Chapter 15: Transition to Turbopropeller-Powered Airplanes › Turboprop Engine Types › Split-Shaft/Free Turbine Engine

  this point, the speed of the drive (N1) is the true speed of the compressor side of the engine, approximately 37,500 rpm. Powerplant (engine and propeller) operation is achieved by three sets of controls for each engine: the power ... lever, propeller lever, and condition lever. [Figure 15-6] The power lever serves to control engine power in the range from idle through takeoff power. Forward or aft motion of the power lever increases or decreases gas generator…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 13-33
  Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Low Altitude Engine Failure Scenarios › Checklist

  overrun available to land on. The use of wing flaps for takeoff virtually eliminates the likelihood of a single-engine climb until the flaps are retracted. There are two time-tested memory aids the pilot may find useful in dealing ... with engine-out scenarios. The first, “dead foot—dead engine” is used to assist in identifying the failed engine. Depending on the failure mode, the pilot will not be able to consistently identify the failed engine in a timely manner…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 13-36
  Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Multiengine Training Considerations

  have set zero thrust and the right engine is simulated feathered." Any ambiguity as to who is operating what systems or controls increases the likelihood of an unintended outcome. Following a simulated engine failure, the instructor cares for the "failed ... engine just as the learner cares for the operative engine. If zero thrust is set to simulate a feathered propeller, the cowl flap is normally closed and the mixture leaned. An occasional clearing of the engine is also desirable…