PA28-180 ACFT ON TRAINING FLT WITH SIMULATED ENG FAILURE PRIOR TO TURNING BASE. FLC CLRED FOR LNDG WHEN ATCT LCL CTLR CLRED ANOTHER ACFT ON RWY FOR TKOF TOO CLOSE TO RPTR ACFT WHICH HAD TO DO A GAR. RPTR PLTS WERE CONCERNED WHEN LOSING SIGHT OF AN ACFT TAKING OFF AND CLBING UNDER THEM.

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I WAS BEING 'CHKED OUT' IN CHEROKEE (PA28-180) FROM AN FBO AT MKC ON SEP/XA/97 BY A CFI. I WAS FLYING THIS PLANE IN THE L SEAT WITH THE CFI IN THE R SEAT. WE HAD A PAX IN THE BACK SEAT. THE CFI WAS MANNING THE RADIOS. WE WERE IN THE PATTERN AT MKC USING RWY 19. WHILE ON R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 19; THE CFI ASKED THE CTLR FOR A SHORT APCH AND THE OPTION. WE RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR BOTH FROM THE CTLR. JUST PRIOR TO BEING ABEAM OF RWY 19 THRESHOLD; THE CFI PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE; SIMULATING AN ENG FAILURE. I ADJUSTED THE ACFT TO BEST GLIDE AND TURNED R BASE. DURING THIS TIME I WAS PUTTING IN FULL FLAPS. I FLEW THE ACFT TO THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 19 AND MADE THE TURN TO FINAL INSIDE THE THRESHOLD. AT THAT TIME I SAW A CESSNA ON THE RWY AHEAD OF US. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THIS PLANE SINCE WE HAD APPROVAL FOR THE SHORT APCH AND HAD BEEN CLRED FOR THE OPTION. THE CFI SAID; 'WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.' I MADE THE DECISION TO APPLY PWR AND INITIATE A GAR. THE CTLR THEN SAID; 'CHEROKEE; GO AROUND.' THE CTLR ALSO ADVISED US TO FLY ON THE R SIDE OF THE RWY; WHICH I DID. I COULD SEE THAT WE WERE OVERTAKING AND PASSING THE CESSNA PRIOR TO MID FIELD. AS WE PASSED THE CESSNA; IT DISAPPEARED FROM MY SIGHT UNDER MY L WING. I WAS ENSURING THAT I COULD INCREASE MY AIRSPD AND ACHIEVE A POSITIVE RATE OF CLB BEFORE GRADUALLY RETRACTING THE FLAPS ON MY CLBOUT. THE CFI INSTRUCTED ME TO FLY AT A SW ANGLE AWAY FROM THE RWY SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE CESSNA'S DEP. EVENTUALLY; AS MY DISTANCE FROM THE RWY INCREASED; OFF MY L WING I COULD SEE THE CESSNA ROTATE AND INITIATE ITS CLB FROM THE DEP END OF RWY 19. BECAUSE OF MY ACFT'S CLOSE PROX TO THE CESSNA ON THE RWY; WHEN I TURNED FINAL; EVASIVE ACTION WAS NEEDED TO AVERT AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THAT THE CESSNA SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE CTLR TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY FOR LNDG TFC.