Originally Posted by
Centaurus
Quote is from Schiff link. Evidence from surviving pilot revealed the instructor used this technique in the Camden Duchess fatal accident a few years back. Except he couldn't get the dead engine back to life fast enough before clipping trees and stalling into the ground.
I'd suggest the problem wasn't so much the technique but more where or at what height the simulated failure was initiated or how far the instructor let things develop before intervening.