The May issue of Pilot has a write up on the Manchester Pa 38 crash. The aircraft nose was never lowered after the engine failed and the aircraft stalled and spun in......
But the mags and fuel were off and a Mayday call was made
This is an accident which raises disturbing questions about how the pilot was trained. It is hard to not draw the conclusion that during training a lot more emphasis was placed on doing the engine failure drills than flying the aircraft........
Finally the AAIB tests should be a wake up call. At a Vx climb unless the nose is lowered; from engine failure to the start of stall/spin/die sequence is only
3 seconds.
As I have said in earlier posts if you want to practice an exercise that will give you the automatic reactions that will save your life in the event of an EFATO, at a safe altitude establish a Vx climb and smoothly but quickly close the throttle. You should be able to immediately lower the nose exactly to the
gliding attitude every time. If you have never done it the first time will be an eye opener. This is one exercise where the first time you try it should not be when it suddenly gets very quiet right after takeoff....