Estimated time to complete:
- 60 minutes

Aircraft:
- Beechcraft Baron 58

Objectives:
- Handling one failed-engine during Takeoff in the Baron

 

Now for the big time. You've gotten a feel for how engine failures affect your flight, but you've always had altitude to spare when it happened. This time you'll fail an engine right after takeoff and try to make it back to the airport in one piece. The odds are a bit against you by working from an airport that's already a mile above sea level, but it's better you see a tough scenario on the sim than in the real world. We'll stack the deck a bit in your favor the first time by using the lightly loaded Baron.

You're on the end of Runway 29R, and the winds are light. Get yourself ready for takeoff. Press Shift+4 to open the throttle quadrant and place it where you can see it. You can't set the timing of an engine failure to simulate the worst-case scenario of a failure right at rotation. Instead, position your cursor on the OFF position in the left fuel selector. Advance both throttles with your joystick control, and roll for takeoff.

Ref.: West, Jeff Van. Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training. Wiley. Kindle Edition(Location 12944).

MISSION'S SCENARIOS

Engine Failure on Takeoff

  1. Initial conditions:
    1. You are on the end of Runway 29R.
    2. Winds are light.
    3. Your Baron is lightly loaded.
    4. Press "Shift + 4" to open the throttle quadrant.
    5. Place it where you can see it.
  2. Takeoff:
    1. Lean the engines before takoff.
    2. Position your cursor on the "OFF" position in the left fuel selector.
    3. Advance both throttles with your joystick or Yoke control, and roll for takeoff.
    4. When you hit VR of 90 knots, rotate for takeoff.
  3. Click your mouse button to cut off the fuel to the left engine.
  4. Success in not crashing requires:
    1. Getting the gear up.
    2. Maintaining blueline.
    3. Feathering that left propeller.
    4. Getting turned away from the rising terrain ahead of you.
  5. You must do these four things quickly and in that order.
  6. Gear up and pitching for 101 knots can happen at once.
  7. Pull the left throttle back (or quickly pump it back and then full forward just in case you grabbed the wrong one).
  8. Pull the left prop control halfway back.
  9. Pause for a heartbeat.
  10. Then pull it to feather.
  11. Turn right into the good engine.
  12. Get back to a lower terrain and an airport.
  13. You can practice at a lower altitude by resetting the flight and changing the airport to KPAE (600 feet MSL):
    1. The right-turning tendency will be worse when the engine fails.
    2. You will have more power to play with.

MAPS & CHARTS

KBJC ILS 29R:


KBJC GPS 29R:


KBJC Airport Diagram: