PROP STRIKE IN GEAR UP APCH. SUBSEQUENT GAR IN A PA32 PIPER LANCE. CFI HAD SIMULATED AN EMER LNDG DRILL AND BOTH PLTS FAILED TO HEED GEAR WARNING HORN.

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I WAS GIVING DUAL TRAINING TO A 2000 HR PLT IN HIS PIPER LANCE AS A PART OF THE WINGS PROGRAM. WE HAD ALREADY DONE 1+ HR OF AIR WORK AND HAD DONE 2 SHORT FIELD TKOFS AND LNDGS AND A FLAWLESS GAR. I SIMULATED AN ENG FAILURE BY REDUCING THE THROTTLE TO IDLE IN THE DOWNWIND FOR RWY 22. THE OBVIOUS COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO LINE UP ON RWY 33 WHICH HE DID IMMEDIATELY. HE REACHED FOR THE GEAR AND HESITATED; WANTING TO BE SURE WE HAD THE FIELD MADE. I WAS COACHING HIM; TOO FAST; TOO HIGH; FLAPS; FORWARD SLIP; ETC. WE LEVELED OFF FAST; 2 NOTCHES OF FLAPS ABOUT THE MIDPOINT ON 3600 FT. I WAS BEGINNING TO CONSIDER CALLING FOR A GAR. THE GEAR HORN WAS WORKING FINE; BUT WE HAD BOTH BECOME OBLIVIOUS TO IT HAVING COME FROM PRACTICING AIRWORK. ALTHOUGH WE HAD A PROP STRIKE; THE PLT RECOGNIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS UP AND INITIATED A GAR. WE CAME AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT UPON INSPECTING THE ACFT DISCOVERED MINOR PROP DAMAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 357916: I STARTED TO ROUND OUT AND FLARE AND REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. I HIT THE PROP AND THROTTLE AND WENT AROUND. THE ABNORMAL SIT AND THE PRIOR AIRWORK WITH THE GEAR HORN ON APPARENTLY DULLED MY SENSITIVITY TO THE WARNING HORN AND LIGHT. ALSO; I WAS CONCENTRATING VERY INTENTLY ON THE DEAD STICK LNDG. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE NORMAL GUMPS CHK I ALWAYS USE ON SHORT FINAL.