UNAUTH LNDG. LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC.

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THIS WAS A XCOUNTRY TRAINING FLT. STUDENT'S FIRST FLT TO CTLED ARPT. GREER APCH HAND US OFF TO GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN TWR; 6 NM OUT TO THE NE; ARPT 12 O'CLOCK. STUDENT CONTACTS TWR 5 NM OUT. TWR CLRS US TO LAND RWY 18. ALT AT THAT MOMENT 2500 FT MSL. STUDENT STARTS DSCNT; HDG 250 DEGS TO INTERCEPT FINAL. DURING TURN TO FINAL WE SEE ANOTHER AIRPLANE; AN SMA; APPEARING. AIRPLANE WAS IN A GLIDE; IT LOST ITS ENG. IT WAS OFF TO OUR R. COULD NOT SEE IT ANY EARLIER BECAUSE IT WAS OBSTRUCTED BY OUR R WING. AS WE TURNED FINAL; LIFTING OUR R WING WE COULD SEE THE SMA. TWR REALIZED COLLISION DANGER AND TELLS US TO MAKE R TURN. WE COULD NOT COMPLY AND MADE L TURN; EXPLAINING TWR WHY. TWR APPROVES TURN. WE SEE SMA DISAPPEARING BEHIND TREE LINE. LATER ON WE SAW HE MADE A SAFE EMER LNDG ON A ROAD. COMPLETING OUR 360 DEG L WE SEE AN SMT ON FINAL APCH; SAME ALT; ABOUT 1 MI TO OUR R. I DECIDE TO MAKE ANOTHER 360 DEG L TO STAY CLR OF SMT. TWR WAS BUSY WITH THE SMA. THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT TWR WANTS ME TO CONTINUE ON FINAL; DO NOT REALLY PICK UP WHETHER I AM CLRED TO LAND. TWR TELLS SMT TO CONTINUE OVERHEAD TO JOIN A L DOWNWIND RWY 18. WE SET UP OUR FINAL APCH. AT THAT MOMENT WE SAW THE SMA SITTING ON THE ROAD TALKING TO TWR EXPLAINING HE MADE A SAFE EMER LNDG; NO DAMAGE; NO INJURIES. WE ARE APCHING SHORT FINAL. AS SOON AS THE SMA GETS OFF THE FREQ; I AM ASKING TWR WHETHER I AM CLRED TO LAND; BECAUSE I WASN'T QUITE SURE ABOUT IT. TWR DOES NOT REPLY. I THINK ABOUT A GAR BUT WITH A HELI APCHING OUT OF THE W; AN SMT OVERHEAD; AN AIRPLANE DOING HIS RUN-UP; I DECIDED TO LAND. THAT IS AT LEAST ONE AIRPLANE LESS TO TAKE CARE OF FOR AN; AT THE TIME; OVERLOADED CTLR. AS YOU PROBABLY UNDERSTAND ALREADY; I LANDED WITHOUT A LNDG CLRNC. TWR TELLS ME TO TURN R OFF THE RWY; TAXI TO THE RAMP AND TO CONTACT HIM. I WALKED IN; TALKED TO THE ARPT MGR; AND TOLD HIM THE STORY I JUST WROTE DOWN. HE WOULD CONTACT ME TOMORROW OR AS SOON AS HE HAS LISTENED TO THE TAPES AND WILL LET ME KNOW WHETHER I WILL BE VIOLATED OR NOT.