Two years ago, I had a piston rod break. It tore the engine in two halves;
only the crank shaft held the case together. It was a test flight. It failed
right over the airport fortunately. So a dead stick was relatively easy.
Prior to that event, I would often pracitice dead stick landings. It came in
handy that day. No sweat, until I got out of the plane when adrenalin surged
out!!
VL