Landing S.E.
#1
Landing S.E.
Ok so here's a scenario question.
Your coming to land, you're on final and you lose one engine. Your approching the rwy and another aircraft taxi into the rwy. What do you do?
I have my commercial checkride tomorrow, so I'm a bit nervous lol.
Your coming to land, you're on final and you lose one engine. Your approching the rwy and another aircraft taxi into the rwy. What do you do?
I have my commercial checkride tomorrow, so I'm a bit nervous lol.
#2
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Land on the parallel taxiway or in the grass beside the runway. No way i'm trying to go around in most light twins.
#3
I think the answer an examiner would want to hear is that it depends. What is your single-engine climb performance like on this particular day. Are we talking Mexico City on a hot day or a winter day at sea level. If you can climb single engine, you would be a fool to land in the grass. If you can't, you would be a fool to go around.
#4
Regardless of what kind of day it is, go with the safest option. A single engine senario is an emergency (especially in a light twin). You have no way of knowing what caused the engine failure - it could mean imminent failure of the other engine. You also would need to go through the motions of trying to see which engine it is at such a critical moment of flight; people have feathered the wrong engine trying to go around.
Your throttles are already pulled back mostly, you aren't in danger of a Vmc issue on short final (if you're on speed,etc). Taxi-way/grass whatever just get it down.
This is especially true if you're going for you Commercial checkride and you don't have a lot of experience in multi-engine aircraft. Just go with the safest option.
#5
Also depends on where you are on final. If you're still 500 feet AGL and have SE climb performance based on conditions, you might consider a Go-Around. That was a scenario I had on my MEI. I'm betting that you're talking about short-final something like 100 AGL and someone pulls out in front of you.
What your DPE wants to know is that you have a limit (at this point I'll continue the landing, and here's why). This question is designed to test judgement and higher-level learning. So think it through and use all the stuff you know to make the best decision you can.
What your DPE wants to know is that you have a limit (at this point I'll continue the landing, and here's why). This question is designed to test judgement and higher-level learning. So think it through and use all the stuff you know to make the best decision you can.
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