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Small aircraft aircraft pilot receiving biennial flight review was given simulated engine failure and aircraft descended too low over populated area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 362010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199702 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : jwn |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1100 msl bound upper : 1100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 80 |
| ASRS Report | 362010 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : company check pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While receiving biennial flight review the instructor pulled the power back for a simulated engine out and we may have came too close to homes in a small town.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ACFT PLT RECEIVING BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW WAS GIVEN SIMULATED ENG FAILURE AND ACFT DSNDED TOO LOW OVER POPULATED AREA.
Narrative: WHILE RECEIVING BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE PWR BACK FOR A SIMULATED ENG OUT AND WE MAY HAVE CAME TOO CLOSE TO HOMES IN A SMALL TOWN.
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.