by MattNW » Sat Jun 07, 2003 9:18 pm
Now I wish I'd run by Agra while I was in India. I had the same unexplained engine failure last night in a Cessna Caravan. Ok not exactly the same. My cat thinks my leg is a good place to climb and wanted some attention about the time I was punching the F10 button to have a look at the Cruise Checklist. I'm not sure which button I hit instead of F10 but a few seconds later I was flying a glider. Lucky for me it was a Caravan and not one of the hogs you fly. I got it set down in a field somewhere in Colorado and found what I'd screwed up when Kitty attacked me. I restarted and took off with no other problems (cats love the outdoors).
Kinda reminds me of one my flight instructor's pranks to simulate engine failure. He asked me to do a left turn and when I lifted the wing and looked to check for traffic, the engine seemed to quit (he'd only shoved the throttle to idle). I looked over at him with his hand on the throttle and he asks if I studied emergency landings like I was supposed to. ;D
In Memory of John Consterdine (FS Tipster)1962-2003
