I have an old copy of the multi-engine flight test guide (Seventh Edition - April 2010), in it is listed Exercise 10 - Engine Failure During Takeoff or Overshoot:Big Pistons Forever wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 6:16 pm In any case and without judging this accident, I firmly believe that simulated engine failures during takeoff should never be done. The rewards do not justify the risks and the engine failure after overshoot exercise done at a safe ( ie 4000 AGL or higher) teaches all the skills needed to prepare a student for a real engine failure after takeoff scenario.
It's a bit odd that the old guide mentioned takeoff in the title, but then in the entire description of the exercise there is no actual mention of takeoff - just an overshoot. Now, in the latest FTG for the multi-engine rating (Ninth Edition, April 2017), the exercise is called "Engine Failure During Overshoot".TC TP219E Multi-Engine Class Rating, Seventh Edition, April 2010 wrote:
EX. 10 - ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF OR OVERSHOOT
Aim
To determine that the candidate can maintain safe control of the aeroplane following a simulated engine failure during an overshoot and carry out the appropriate emergency actions.
Description
At an operationally safe altitude, the candidate will be asked to establish the aircraft in a final approach descent to a simulated landing in a landing configuration at the recommended final approach speed.
Once the approach is stabilized, the examiner will call for an overshoot and simulate failure of an engine as the candidate increases the power during the overshoot. (snip)
Maybe, for some bizarre reason this instructor decided to simulate failures on takeoff - because it was sort of in the FTG? Either way, it's a really stupid idea.