Right. "Short Approach" is one of the 5 landing requests. Full stop, stop
and go, touch and go, go-around, short approach let the tower and other
planes know what's going on. It's generally bad to use "emergency" in any
non-emergency situation -- if the newspapers pick it up, you know what the
result will be.



"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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| During my training (at controlled airport), a simulated engine failure
| on base or final wouldn't generate any radio activity at all; a
| simulated engine failure in the downwind would be preceeded by a call
| to tower "request direct to threshold."
|
| Standard practice at an uncontrolled airport here in the U.S. is to
announce
| "Iowa City Traffic, Warrior 33431 is left downwind for RWY 25, Iowa
City,
| simulated emergency landing" -- or something to that effect.
|

I usually just announce that I am making a 'short approach.' There are
several reasons for making a short approach; engine out practice is just
one
of them. I usually take students over to Shelton for engine out practice
because I often have the whole airport to myself.