Single-Engine Continued Flight Methods 

Common Errors: 

• Failing to maintain Nr, leading to exceedance of available power. 
• Not correcting after an initial decrease in power: lowering collective to preserve Nr but not smoothly increasing it again to max available power (or operational limit in training). 
• Pulling aft cyclic in reaction to an engine failure, even at low airspeeds, instead of lowering the nose for an accelerative attitude. 
• Overcorrecting with an abrupt nose-down attitude at a low altitude, resulting in excessive sink rate and inertia that can’t be overcome with remaining power. 

Teaching Techniques: 

• Reduce collective to single-engine maximum torque available (MTA). 
• If in a decelerating attitude, smoothly bring the nose to the horizon. 
• If below minimum single-engine airspeed and at a low altitude, adjust pitch attitude to accelerate while minimizing altitude loss and rate of descent.
• When altitude is available, trade altitude for airspeed gradually to stabilize the profile.