LOSS OF ACFT CTL.

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ON AN INITIAL TRAINING FLT IN PREPARATION FOR BECOMING A KING AIR CHK AIRMAN FOR MY COMPANY; A TKOF INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PIC INSTRUCTOR CHK AIRMAN WAS FLYING FROM THE L SEAT. I WAS THE PNF IN THE R. THE INITIAL TKOF WAS TO TERMINATE (TO A FULL STOP) WITH AN ABORT. THIS WAS BRIEFED AND UNDERSTOOD BY BOTH PLTS. THE ABORT WAS INITIATED BY MYSELF AT 80 KIAS BY STATING; 'THERE IS A TRACTOR ON THE RWY; ABORT.' NORMAL ABORT PROCS WERE INITIATED BY THE INSTRUCTOR PIC. THE ACFT BEGAN A SLOW DRIFT TO THE R AND THE PLT SELECTED BETA/REVERSE WITH THE PROP LEVERS. THE ACFT TURNED EVEN MORE SHARPLY TOWARD THE R AND; ALTHOUGH RECOVERY HAD BEGUN; IT LEFT THE RWY AT A SHALLOW ANGLE; TRAVELING PARALLEL FOR A DISTANCE BEFORE BEING BROUGHT BACK ONTO THE HARD SURFACE. ACFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AND SHUT-DOWN FOR INSPECTION. 1 BLADE ON EACH SIDE WAS DAMAGED (RWY LIGHTS) AND THE L OUTBOARD TIRE WAS FLAT-SPOTTED. ACFT WAS SECURED. I BELIEVE THIS INCIDENT IS VALUABLE AS IT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED/ADVANTAGES OF SIMULATOR BASED TRAINING WHEN DOING MORE ADVANCED (CHK AIRMAN OR INSTRUCTOR) TRAINING IN HEAVIER OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE ACFT. IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE SAFER - IT MAY BE MORE ECONOMICAL CONSIDERING POSSIBLE DAMAGE SUCH AS IN THIS CASE. IT ALSO MAY REMIND US OF THE DANGERS OF ROLE UNDERSTANDING (SHOULD I HAVE TAKEN CTL; COULD I HAVE - IN TIME) IN ADVANCED TRAINING SITS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 299746:I DID NOT RESPOND TO THE DRIFT IMMEDIATELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THE OTHER PLT AND HIS REACTION TO THE SIT. WE DID NOT DETERMINE WHO THE INSTRUCTOR WOULD BE. EACH OF US THINKING IT WAS OURSELVES. IT WAS POOR JUDGEMENT ON MY PART; NOT RESPONDING IMMEDIATELY TO THE DRIFT TO THE R WHEN IT FIRST BEGAN. I BELIEVE INSTRUCTORS AND CHK AIRMAN SHOULD GO TO SIMULATOR TRAINING AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AND BE TRAINED ON HOW TO PROPERLY GIVE TRAINING IN A PARTICULAR AIRPLANE. I WENT TO A 3 DAY RECURRENT CLASS ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO ON THIS AIRPLANE; AND HAVEN'T BEEN BACK SINCE.