Originally Posted by
lightonthewater
If the propeller stops turning when you are set up for landing, purposely low, slow and close to, but too far from, the runway, no-one would have any choice but find the least bad area to land.
But why put yourself in that position? Who can make a good case for dragged in approaches that have no safe options if the fan stops? Even when forced to make a "two counties" circuit because of other (usually student) traffic I maintain traffic pattern altitude until I have an engine fail glide to the runway.