The exact same thing (minus the crash) happened to me in my ES about 5 years
ago.  I was descending for a landing following a long cross country and the
engine went silent.  I saw that the mixture control was still in a lean
position and simply pushed it in and the engine restarted
immediately...enough for a 2 -3 second pucker.

 
 
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mmcmanus@grandecom.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:07 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: IO-550N take off fuel flow

Craig, I'm sure you have the leaning during descent working great for you
and
your airplane.  There was an LML discussion about 3 years ago about a man
who
bought a 300 series Lancair.  After having it less than a week, he was
descending to an airport and the engine died.  He was not able to get it
restarted and crashed short of the runway.  He and his wife got out OK, but
as
I remember the aircraft burned up. The LML discussion about the cause
centered
around whether the man had richened up the mixture as he descended.  It was
suspected that he did not and the mixture was too lean when he descended to
a
lower altitude and the engine quit.  Just food for thought.
Matt McManus
LNC2


Quoting Craig Berland <cberland@systems3.net>:

...On decent, ... The lean fuel mixture keeps...



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