19970225001869A

Biennial flight review. Gave engine out task by closing throttle. Applicant turned off fuel. Engine quit on goaround. (.19) on February 25, 1997, at 1530 central standard time, a Beech A36, N18DR, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing in a field one-half mile south south-east of Matherville, Illinois. The instructor pilot indicated that he was giving a biennial flight review to the second pilot and they were demonstrating forced landing technique when the engine failed to respond and an actual forced landing became necessary. Neither pilot reported injuries. The personal 14 CFR part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The local flight departed moline, Illinois, at 1500. (.4) during an engine-out emergency procedure, the pilot 'completed the checklist rapidly,' and continued to execute the forced-landing procedure. In the pilot's written statement he contested that he 'looking down, changed right to left tanks.' At 1000 feet AGL the CFI, 'elected to discontinue the maneuver,' and proceeded with a go-around. The engine did not recover from the idle position, and the pilot continued with the forced landing and proceeded to land the airplane, in a gear-up configuration, in a rough field. Postcrash investigation showed that the fuel selector was set in the 'off' position. (-23) while giving Mr. Kerr a flight review, instructor bradley paul simulated an emergency power failure by reducing power with the throttle. During the emergency procedure, Mr. Kerr mistakenly turned off the fuel selector without Mr. Paul's knowledge. During the go-around, at approximately 1000 feet AGL, the engine quit. Mr. Kerr, having the only set of controls, landed in a field. There were no injuries but the aircraft received substantial damage.