Definition
A training maneuver in a turbine-powered aircraft in which the pilot retards the throttle to idle to mimic the loss of combustion in the engine, then practices the procedures for restoring power or executing an engine-out approach and landing. The engine continues to run at idle throughout; combustion is not actually interrupted.
Plain English
A practice exercise where the pilot pulls the throttle back to idle and pretends the engine has quit, so they can rehearse what to do if a real flameout ever happened.
Context Anchor
Encountered during flight training for emergency procedures in turbine-powered aircraft.
Derivation
Flameout describes what happens when the flame inside a turbine combustion chamber goes out, stopping the engine. Simulated comes from the Latin simulare, meaning to imitate or pretend. Together they describe imitating that loss of flame for training, without actually causing it.
Why Pilots Care
Builds the skills and immediate responses needed to handle real engine failures safely.
Analogy
Like practicing an emergency car stop in an empty parking lot instead of waiting for traffic.
Intuition Check
A simulated flameout is not an actual engine shutdown. The point is to practice the emergency as realistically as safe training allows, while keeping the engine available.
Example Sentence 1
The instructor announced a simulated flameout abeam the runway and the student began the engine-out approach.
Example Sentence 2
In the simulator the pilot handled a simulated flameout by immediately lowering the nose to maintain airspeed.