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Joa, Your comment about trying the primer might be a worth-while thing to do. I once knew a pilot back in Iowa who was having some chronic, intermittent problems with his carb that they were having a devilish time figuring out. He wasn't too worried because he had several times flown back to his airport on the primer alone. I thought he was pushing his luck, but they did figure out the problem and fix it and he never had an off-airport landing. I have a vague memory of a story from WW2 in which a military plane lost the fuel line and the pilot flew from Germany back to England on the primer. Bet he had an industrial strength primer on that thing! Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Well I guess it finally had to happen- my engine quit on me in flight. > I was flying over Santiam pass from Independence OR to Prineville > when I got to the top of the pass and my engine started dying. I > thought it was carb ice and applied heat but that didn't do it. Thank > the Lord that I was near an airport and I turned to it and set up for > best glide. Unfortunately the State doesn't plow this runway in the > winter (why is beyond me since it's the only one around and the guys > at the ODOT station are right next to the runway) and it was covered > in two feet of snow. > > I did a soft field landing and kept the nose off as long as possible > but as soon as the nosegear dug in it bent backwards and broke the > lower part of the engine mount and the plane swapped ends the long > way. Zero damage to me and minimal damage to the plane (relatively > speaking of course.) I'm amazed at how stout the Coupe is- the > cockpit was hardly dented and I was able to climb out through a back > window (which I did in a real hurry since I've heard many horror > stories of Coupes catching fire after hard landings.) > > One good thing is that I had just been practicing engine-idle landings > at an empty airfield. It sure helps when setting up the pattern cause > boy you only get one chance. > > One sort of funny thing is that as soon as I got out and took a look > at things I saw two big snowblower trucks heading towards me throwing > snow about 100' in each direction. My friends were flying their Maule > just ahead of me and when the engine started dying I had them report > an emergency for me to the Redmond tower. Apparently at about the > same time there was a report of a missing 12 passenger (I think that's > the right number) plane so the ODOT guys thought I must be it so they > were plowing the runway so emergency vehicles could get into the crash > site. The first thing the guy asked me as I walked over to him was > how many passengers I had :) It all worked good because they plowed a > road right to my plane and some EAA friends and I were able to load it > up on a trailer the next day very easily. > > Yesterday the FAA sent a very nice inspector (I'm not being sarcastic, > he was really informative and friendly, surprised the heck out of me > after all I've heard about the FAA!) to find the problem. It seems > like a glob of what appeared to be sloshing compound had gotten by the > screens and managed to plug fuel entering into the carb jet. Neither > he nor I were able to figure out how it got there but knowing that > other items on the plane done by the previous owner(s) weren't exactly > the greatest it doesn't surprise me (like sloshing the wing tanks.) > My mechanic and I had just replaced the float needle and he said we > did a good job and it had absolutely nothing to do with the engine > quitting. > > I plan on rebuilding the tanks as well as fixing the other components > that were damaged. Anybody happen to have a list of folks who sell > used Coupe parts? > > Keep em flyin (and runnin'!) > > Joa > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
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