Accident Details
The accident involved a tail wheel equipped airplane being flown by the owner/pilot from the front seat, with an instructor pilot in the rear seat. They were practicing touch and go landings.
Narrative
After completing four normal takeoffs and landings and two downwind landings, the instructor pilot pulled out the carburetor heat and pulled the throttle to idle while on downwind to simulate an engine failure. The flying pilot turned toward the grass runway. The instructor pilot reported that the airplane was not positioned for a safe landing and expected the flying pilot to go around. When a go around was not initiated by the flying pilot, the instructor pilot called out “go around” and soon after moved the throttle to full open. The airplane bounced and landed hard, damaging the landing gear and right wingtip.
Damage
The hard landing resulted in damage to the landing gear and the right wingtip.
Pilot Comments
The flying pilot reported that a go around should be initiated at “an earlier stage while simulating an engine out.”