We love our Tecnam P2006T, the most efficient certified aircraft manufactured but as a MEI I would never shut down an engine unless well within glide distance of an airport and better directly over one. The single engine service ceiling that day was 2500’ according to the AFM and no where near 7000’ mentioned in the article. The decent rate on a single engine at 7000’ at 78F is 108 fpm with a brand new aircraft, fully feathered and flown by a test pilot. A single engine out in these light twins should always be treated as an emergency and fly it as if both engines quit. The 2500’ single engine service ceiling on a hot Florida day will get you home across an expanse of water to a SEA LEVEL airport but certainly not across an expanse of the Rockies.
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