sorry not meant to be tasteless especially considering the examiner was killed but its a good lesson for all those instructors who expect their students to replicate training performance when it happens for real.
I cant think of one incident were a pilot has got away with a real engine failure near the ground in a perf c twin.
do you remember the clown who cleared customs at birmingham after a foreign trip and then positioned to wellesbourne. well that was his intention but he was low on fuel and instead of waiting to refuel at bhx he did a quick rolling take off from a taxyway turn and found out the meaning of surge and starvation just as he was getting airborne. the seneca ended up on its back and he was lucky to get away with his life.
this particular individual was an accident waiting to happen and one of the most arrogant and self opinionated amateur pilots i have ever come across. he was however well experienced on twins for a ppl with over 1000 hours and owned his own aircraft.
i believe not enough instructors drive home the point about the danger of light twins and single engine performance. there is a mighty big difference between a planned training simulated engine failure and one for real when you are not expecting it, as our friend above found out, the hard way!
ps the humberside accident detail is current in the uk flying mags