Narrative:

I was conducting a flight review and had finished the ground portion including in-depth discussion of emergency lndgs. Over the claremont, nh, airport at 3500 ft, I stated 'you've just lost your engine, what are you going to do?' he found the airport and started a turn onto a right downwind and base to runway 11. He turned final and realized he was too high. He reduced power and appeared to be able to salvage the landing without being too long. I told him if he felt he was going to be long and have problems stopping to go around. He continued and appeared to have done a good job of recovering. He commenced his flare and suddenly said 'oh XXXX!' as the propeller struck and the skid started. It appears that the simulated emergency was the starting point of the problem. Additional factors were the r-hand pattern which we had discussed during the ground portion. A third (after the fact) problem was that he had never done an emergency landing all the way to the runway. His previous instructors had always let him go around, so perhaps he never put the gear down under those circumstances. There was a flight instructor present on the field and after all parties reading NTSB part 830, we all agreed that this was not an accident by definition, but simply an event. Supplemental information from acn 386228: the primary factor was inadequate communication/rapport between pilot and instructor/examiner. A contributing factor was that my expectation from previous instructors (and examiners) was for simulated engine failures to end with the instructor issuing a 'go around' command. At a subconscious level, I feel there may have been difficulty (for me) to distinguish my role as 'student with new instructor' from the real role of PIC taking a 'check ride.'

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C210 PLT ON A BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW LANDED GEAR UP AT THE COMPLETION OF A SIMULATED ENG OUT APCH.

Narrative: I WAS CONDUCTING A FLT REVIEW AND HAD FINISHED THE GND PORTION INCLUDING IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION OF EMER LNDGS. OVER THE CLAREMONT, NH, ARPT AT 3500 FT, I STATED 'YOU'VE JUST LOST YOUR ENG, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?' HE FOUND THE ARPT AND STARTED A TURN ONTO A R DOWNWIND AND BASE TO RWY 11. HE TURNED FINAL AND REALIZED HE WAS TOO HIGH. HE REDUCED PWR AND APPEARED TO BE ABLE TO SALVAGE THE LNDG WITHOUT BEING TOO LONG. I TOLD HIM IF HE FELT HE WAS GOING TO BE LONG AND HAVE PROBS STOPPING TO GO AROUND. HE CONTINUED AND APPEARED TO HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF RECOVERING. HE COMMENCED HIS FLARE AND SUDDENLY SAID 'OH XXXX!' AS THE PROP STRUCK AND THE SKID STARTED. IT APPEARS THAT THE SIMULATED EMER WAS THE STARTING POINT OF THE PROB. ADDITIONAL FACTORS WERE THE R-HAND PATTERN WHICH WE HAD DISCUSSED DURING THE GND PORTION. A THIRD (AFTER THE FACT) PROB WAS THAT HE HAD NEVER DONE AN EMER LNDG ALL THE WAY TO THE RWY. HIS PREVIOUS INSTRUCTORS HAD ALWAYS LET HIM GO AROUND, SO PERHAPS HE NEVER PUT THE GEAR DOWN UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE WAS A FLT INSTRUCTOR PRESENT ON THE FIELD AND AFTER ALL PARTIES READING NTSB PART 830, WE ALL AGREED THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT BY DEFINITION, BUT SIMPLY AN EVENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 386228: THE PRIMARY FACTOR WAS INADEQUATE COM/RAPPORT BTWN PLT AND INSTRUCTOR/EXAMINER. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THAT MY EXPECTATION FROM PREVIOUS INSTRUCTORS (AND EXAMINERS) WAS FOR SIMULATED ENG FAILURES TO END WITH THE INSTRUCTOR ISSUING A 'GAR' COMMAND. AT A SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL, I FEEL THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULTY (FOR ME) TO DISTINGUISH MY ROLE AS 'STUDENT WITH NEW INSTRUCTOR' FROM THE REAL ROLE OF PIC TAKING A 'CHK RIDE.'

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.