Originally Posted by
Trogdor
I have over 3000 hours in the 1900D and have never had a prop go into ground idle in the flair, except that one time my FO pulled the power levers over the gate into beta, obviously putting the props into ground fine which is even worse. Not saying that this is what you did Cornholio, just giving another perspective.
I bet that was interesting. A little while before I got hired they had a guy go over the gate with both power levers during the flare (claimed he thought he had touched down) anyways he put both mains thru the wings so the training dept made sure no one would do that again.
It didn't happen often, but it was common enough that most guys would land with just a little bit of power to keep the props "off of the stops" I agree its not the end of the world, but when you are tired and its 445 am and you are landing a repo flight and you've never seen it before it definitely gets your attention. Throw in almost full rudder or bump up the power just a bit and it will straighten right out.
As far as the OP goes if you flew a King Air then the 1900 should just fly the same...(I have no King Air time, but everyone I know that has flown both says they fly the same).