I get why the RV pilot did not pull heat.Flying over southern Cali dessert at 9000' The cherokee I was flying back to Arkansas engine failed.Radioed the other cherokee in our flight of 2,I am looking for a place to land.The other plane happened to be the owner of both planes.He radioed back,Pull the carb heat. I did and the engine came back to life.Like a dumbass I probably would have balled it up in the desert.We all need help flying airplanes.Tommy W.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:37 PM Jeff Scott via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Lycomings will develop carb ice. Not quite as readily as a > Continental or Franklin, but they will certainly do so under the right > circumstances. Glad he got it on the ground OK. Not to second guess his > actions, but have to wonder why he didn't pull on carb heat at the first > sign that all wasn't well. I'm guessing he didn't recognize that it was > ice. Pulling carb heat on should be part of his standard emergency > sequence when the engine isn't running right, and likely will be in the > future. (Full Rich, carb heat on, full throttle, switch fuel tanks) None > of those actions are likely to get you killed, but they can sure save your > day. > > -Jeff Scott > > > > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 1:30 PM > > From: "Flesner via KRnet" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Flesner <[email protected]> > > Subject: KR> Home from Gathering > > > > > > I brought my KR home from Mt.Vernon this afternoon. I'll pull a > > cylinder this weekend and send it off for repair of the exhaust valve. > > Flight home was uneventful for me, other than the weak cylinder that I'm > > guessing is causing my vibration, but not so for my friend in his RV10 > > that took me to Mt.Vernon. He was running low power as he followed me > > home and 5 miles from his home airport his engine starting running > > rough. He was very close to a residential air park with a 2600 foot > > grass strip so he decided to land there. His engine went dead on short > > final but he landed safely. He called me to pick him up so I drove to > > the strip. On my drive to the strip I concluded he had suffered carb > > ice and not a fouled plug. When I got there he said it was running fine > > again. He runs a Lycombing 540 which shouldn't be susceptible to icing > > but today was a perfect day for carb ice. I ran carb heat the entire > > time from Mt.Vernon. A quick run up and he flew home the last five > > miles and landed safely. > > > > I guess I'm the last to get the KR home so all is well. See you at Lee > > Summit next year. > > > > Larry Flesner > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to > change options. > > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
