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Have you ever seen this procedure described? I hope your answer is “Yes,” since it is the title of a procedure presented in the Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH).
Quiz time: In what POH section will you find it? Section 3, Emergency Procedure? Section 3A, Abnormal Procedures? Or Section 4, Normal Procedures?
I will wager that less than half of our readers answered correctly, with “Section 4, Normal Procedures.” But indeed that’s where it is found, right after the procedure titled “Simulating One-Engine-Inoperative (Zero Thrust).” Since multi-engine training is a normal procedure that can be done, and often is done, in King Airs this makes both of these procedures quite normal.
Here is the entire written procedure found in the B200 model’s POH:
PRACTICE DEMONSTRATION OF VMCA
VMCA demonstration may be required for multi-engine pilot certification. The following procedure shall be used at a safe altitude of at least 5,000 feet above ground in clear air only.
WARNING
IN-FLIGHT ENGINE CUTS BELOW VSSE SPEED OF 104 KNOTS ARE PROHIBITED.
1. Landing Gear........................................................................... UP
2. Flaps........................................................................................ UP
3. Airspeed ........................................... ABOVE 104 KNOTS (VSSE)
4. Prop Levers ................................................................ HIGH RPM
5. Power Lever (simulated inoperative engine) ........................ IDLE
6. Power Lever (other engine).................. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE
7. Airspeed – Reduce approximately 1 knot per second until either
VMCA or stall warning is obtained.
NOTE
Use rudder to maintain directional control (heading) and aileron to maintain 5° bank towards the operative engine (lateral attitude). At the first sign of either VMCA or stall warning (which may be evidenced by: inability to maintain heading or lateral attitude, aerodynamic stall buffet, or stall warning horn sound) immediately initiate recovery: reduce power to idle on the operative engine and immediately lower the nose to regain VSSE.
JULY 2021
KING AIR MAGAZINE • 19