Originally Posted by Bug Smasher

I know some other APC'ers did a checkride with the same DPE, but my private checkride engine out scenario was directly over a closed runway.. I was under the hood for a few minutes, he killed the engine as I pulled the hood up.. there was a runway right under us.. hidden by the nose.

Good thing I knew to look there :-D I wish the runway were hidden so close by the other times engines decided to not behave