When it goes quiet suddenly the voice in your (my) head screams “Don’t stall spin! Don’t stall spin! Get that nose down!”

Then you look for options. I didn’t have many and chose quite a steep turn to port, at the same time pushing the nose down even more, which is why I had too much sink to round out effectively and so hit the ground very solidly. In hindsight I overdid the nose down and had I been a little less aggressive might have been able to use the aircraft again. But I’m alive, so I will settle for having done the best I could in the very limited time available. I was much lower than the guy in the video when it died. I’d have killed to have had the height he did.

The one thing I have learned since from discussions is that there are more fatalities related to partial engine failures than from full. The comforting sound of at least some engine noise leading people to try and complete a circuit/reach a runway rather than putting it down in the best field available.

Moggy