John is absolutely right, the props wan't to kill you. Some design issues with the prop have been changed since the numerous and once lethal overspeeds in the aircraft's early years, and for the better. Can't remember the technical term, but that worm gear thingy in the middle of the hub saw a materials change, which meant the mechanism's threads didn't progressively fret away, leading to loss of control of the prop. So that got fixed then the lovely 14RF-9 found new ways to kill. One nick inside the quill shaft (aluminum boss that interfaces with the rest of the blade's foam core) led to blade loss, a nacelle bent 90 degrees sideways, and the horrific fatal ASA accident. So when he says don't cheap out on the props, don't. Prop related issues account for about half of the US wrecks, off the top of my head. I've never survived a severe overspeed in the sim.

At our company we are almost laughably quick to perform a precautionary engine shutdown. Just a few percent Np over and folks secure it, I don't know if that's really warranted, but we've never lost an airplane. One still murky overspeed to 120% right after takeoff was halted by a lightning fast first officer who got it feathered before the Capt could even ask for it. Alarmingly, the transfer tube can be physically installed backwards. If you chase the prop control schematic closely you'll find that the loss of a single oil line will drive the prop to an overspeed condition, but I can't remember if the pitch lock function would try to save it. Regardless, one piece of strategic FOD in the hub could render the pitch lock unable to retain hub oil, and therefore pitch.

- "Max speed for setting NP to 100% .. 200 KIAS (Don’t use props as speed brakes!!!)"

This one is interesting, we didn't have it Lakes. But a new Brasilia pilot will be tempted to use the props for drag exactly once: "Condition levers max!!" comes the panicky cry....and exactly nothing happens. Makes the issue moot. The inflight low pitch stop is set high enough that it is just not an issue.

Flaps. They were designed by a dork. If you're getting disagrees resist the temptation to lube, spray, or grease the very obvious and visible flap tracks. Once you add any form of goop to the equation you're begging for worse disagree trouble down the road. The superior solution is to to keep the flap tracks operating room clean. Dry and shiny is the optimum. Plan on doing lots of flap computer resets anyway. Oh, and the assymetry with one outboard panel going to 45 degrees is mortifying, but survivable. Plan on full aileron, possibly full rudder, with differential thrust putting you back in the world of controlability.

Landing gear. It doesn't like to retract, but you'll always manage to get it down, one way or another. Our 6 airplane airline probably averaged one manual extension per year, and that was more often due to some catastrophic hydraulic problem that actually the landing gear's fault. There are various and sundry reasons for it not to retract, on a check flight for an airplane fresh out of C-check we would cycle the living hell out of the gear. Once you get your succesful retraction ratio up above 90% I generally considered it good to go.

Don't get too excited about the door annunciators, especially the service door. That panel wants to suck open at high speeds and routinely throws it's light. Don't ever reef on the cargo door. If bags have fallen against it and it's difficult to open, put all your strength into pushing the door inwards, NOT into cranking the handle. Torque the handle and the door comes off it's tracks, and you are f-ed. I'll never forget specifically warning a ramper about our full cargo bin, and asking her to avoid hanging off the handle. 15 mintues later, "Clunk," and we were done for the night.

Get slow or pull many Gs in ice and the airplane will signal its dissatisfaction with some wiggles and shudders. So just don't. Some turboprops are ice trucks, this one isn't.

But altogether it's a great machine. She's like a redhead, alot of fun until she gets ****ed off. In what other manmade device can you carry 30 people at FL300kts and see a cruise fuel flow of 1000pph total? I really miss the Brasilia, I loved that portugese speaking drama queen.