INSTRUCTOR WITH SPI HAS ENG FAIL; EMER LNDG.
Synopsis
INSTRUCTOR WITH SPI HAS ENG FAIL; EMER LNDG.
Narrative
MY STUDENT AND I WERE ON A LCL TRAINING FLT PRACTICING GND REF MANEUVERS AND SIMULATED ENG FAILURES IN AN SMA. AT 1500 FT MSL (1000 FT AGL) I APPLIED CARB HEAT AND PULLED THE PWR TO IDLE; SIMULATING AN ENG FAILURE. MY STUDENT PROCEEDED TO SET UP A 60 KT GLIDE; PICKED A FIELD TO LAND IN AND WENT THROUGH THE RESTART PROCS SPECIFIED IN THE CHKLIST. AT APPROX 1000 FT MSL (500 FT AGL) I TOLD THE STUDENT THAT EVERYTHING WAS PERFORMED PROPERLY AND TO GAR (INITIATE THE CLBOUT). HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE; MOVED THE FLAPS FROM 30 DEGS TO 20 DEGS AND BEGAN THE CLBOUT. THE ENG WAS PRODUCING FULL PWR FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN FAILED TO PRODUCE ANY PWR AT ALL. I TOOK THE CTLS; CHKED FUEL SELECTOR ON; MIXTURE RICH; CARB HEAT ON AND PITCHED FOR A 60 KT GLIDE. A HIGH DSCNT RATE HAD DEVELOPED AND AS WE NEARED THE GND I FLARED ABRUPTLY AND MADE QUITE A SOLID LNDG. NEITHER THE PAX; PROPERTY; NOR THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE DAMAGED. THE ACFT WAS LATER RESTARTED; CHKED BY A MECH; AND FLOWN OUT OF THE FIELD. THE ONLY THING THAT APPEARS TO HAVE GONE WRONG WAS POSSIBLY AN INTERRUPTION OF FUEL FLOW DUE TO SEDIMENT IN THE FUEL SYS. I FEEL THE ONLY THING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY WAS TO HAVE MORE ALT; BUT THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF EMER TRAINING.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.