Thu Aug 12, 2021 12:44 pm
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Rob P wrote:And always remember, partial engine failure kills more people than the engine stopping dead.
Treat partial as total and you will probably survive, trying to make it to the nearest aerodrome or whatever can be a killer.
Rob P
I agree with the first part, it's sadly true. But I'm afraid that I don't agree with the sentiment of the second part of that.
Responding to a partial is more complicated than responding to a full engine failure, precisely because there are more variables and more options. But simply discarding all the options and treating a partial as a full is not the right answer, in my view.
As an aside, teaching students how to deal with partial engine failure is often poorly done, and yet is very important. Nowadays when I do an LPC or indeed a 'one hour with an FI' flight I invariably throw in a partial engine failure and ask the student/candidate to consider what he would do. It makes for very useful post-flight debriefing.