Narrative:

Cruising at about 2500f ft MSL; my instructor pulled power to an idle; applied carb heat; and told me I just lost engine power. I pitched for best glide and performed a flow check for a restart. I then decided to head for ZZZ to land on runway 28. Winds were about 310@7. I made a radio call and entered the pattern on a 45 degree downwind at pattern altitude for 28. I added 10 degrees of flaps on downwind also. I then made a radio call to turn left base for 28; made the turn; and added flaps to 20 degrees. I then made the radio call for final which was to be a full stop; and made the turn. I added full flaps shortly after making the turn to final. It was looking like it was going to be close for making the touchdown point. On short final I decided to add some power just to be sure I was going to make the runway. At about half throttle the main wheels came in contact with the deep snow on the ground; and then the nose wheel came down. The nose wheel folded over when it hit a snowmobile track; which resulted in a prop strike and I skidded to a stop about 100 ft short of runway 28. The main contributing factors for not making the runway were: not adding full throttle; adding throttle to late; and not producing enough lift with full flaps. The point of touchdown is also about 15 ft higher then the runway; and with the snow; the perception of contour; may have been distorted; and hindered my judgment of height.

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Title: Pilot with instructor; report landing short of the runway; in two feet of snow; during a simulated engine out landing.

Narrative: Cruising at about 2500f FT MSL; my instructor pulled power to an idle; applied carb heat; and told me I just lost engine power. I pitched for best glide and performed a flow check for a restart. I then decided to head for ZZZ to land on Runway 28. Winds were about 310@7. I made a radio call and entered the pattern on a 45 degree downwind at pattern altitude for 28. I added 10 degrees of flaps on downwind also. I then made a radio call to turn left base for 28; made the turn; and added flaps to 20 degrees. I then made the radio call for final which was to be a full stop; and made the turn. I added full flaps shortly after making the turn to final. It was looking like it was going to be close for making the touchdown point. On short final I decided to add some power just to be sure I was going to make the runway. At about half throttle the main wheels came in contact with the deep snow on the ground; and then the nose wheel came down. The nose wheel folded over when it hit a snowmobile track; which resulted in a prop strike and I skidded to a stop about 100 FT short of Runway 28. The main contributing factors for not making the runway were: Not adding full throttle; adding throttle to late; and not producing enough lift with full flaps. The point of touchdown is also about 15 FT higher then the runway; and with the snow; the perception of contour; may have been distorted; and hindered my judgment of height.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.