X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 88 [XXXX] (35%) SPAM TRICK: contains 1px font (22%) BODY: contains URL text "unsubscribe" (13%) HTML: contains clickable image tag (9%) BODY: text/html email has no html tag (-9%) BODY: email content reply (-12%) BODY: image URL adjustment Return-Path: Received: from mail-px0-f193.google.com ([209.85.216.193] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4165377 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:55:57 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.216.193; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by pxi31 with SMTP id 31so1636869pxi.3 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:55:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=xxhzcAWEtXEOtBZUFWXAVW5LTMA66pAf7oIMrIzn9bU=; b=JoHnygnYkgL/19GDNLCyP3as+pXif8sUfhFMGkkjOkUE1GFgQaIRaocGl6S0PDvu1Q tN6zlsB2SGHOHwzZM2lIWd6tctgPKTZN+iVHtHOEV4lptQJzj2fkFc3lCtcQlrwTdqqx cNFY1Dvza7hKRALw7hh0ZikWgT7kuODNv5xPA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=HrnZDF98bEg8TpmX+TzJNhwK3F5WsUslYVspcjO3Qb6l1d1Z+QC2Q6fxXPWiIMCjPR Ppg6uOb4jMkSIkG90MqWIjFhIg0v1mQtjNOWRCcJ3qP2ZxPl4O04S9G4use22fxFuSP9 ylebRvUo+0rdvCVHJBbZpmq3PNBYlJH2dzAtA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.88.19 with SMTP id q19mr4958537rvl.89.1268578520934; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:55:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:55:20 -0700 Message-ID: <1c23473f1003140755t2f2af86al8e597da1cdd321de@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [SoCAL-RVlist] Re: Off Field Landing From: David Leonard To: SoCAL-RVlist@yahoogroups.com, Rotary motors in aircraft , RED HOWARD Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd139bc1c2b650481c3f498 --000e0cd139bc1c2b650481c3f498 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ok, sounds like I have some fessing up to do... I took my mom up for a flight on her birthday and we went to overfly the area we are going to be doing a memorial pass today. I was entering a user waypoint in my hand held GPS and my hand must have accidentally hit the 'cold start' switch. That switch doubles the injector duration and is used for starting in extremely cold temperatures. But it was too much fuel for the engine to keep me aloft (just an occasional sputter). I was only at about 1100 AGL at the time so my emergency procedures only got as far as: turn toward airport, switch fuel tank, aux fuel pump, verify fuel pressure, primary switches turned on... shit, time to find a place to land this thing... call mayday, choose best spot, fly under traffic signal and onto road. Mom was cool and collected the whole time. We were very lucky to find a ga= p in traffic, the cars were waiting for the light I flew under. Also really glad to have a plane as nimble as an RV. I don't think I could have done i= t in a Bonanza. (course a Bonanza doesn't have a 'cold start switch' either) It was not until after all the commotion on my drive back to OKB that I finally had a few minutes to think about what could have been the cause... then I really felt stupid. If only my emergency procedures went one more step and I would have tried tweaking the mixture I could have saved myself = a lot of embarrassment.. But when it is time to fly/land the plane, that is what you have to do. Sure enough, upon return to the plane I discovered the cold start switch flipped. I checked out everything else, ran fine. Later in the afternoon = I flew it home to OKB from Palomar. I am so very grateful that extreme embarrassment is all I suffer. Thanks for all the support from the GA community. --=20 David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:56 AM, rv6flyer wrote: > > > > > http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Plane-emergency-landing-San-Mar= cos-Blvd/nX7KBM5oIk25X1pz7anz1Q.cspx > > > http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-13/local-county-news/airplane-makes-= emergency-landing-on-san-marcos-roadway > > > http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/2605049/pilot-lands-plane-safely-on-sd.h= tml > > http://kathrynsreport.com/?p=3D2139 > > Wonder how much of the above is true other than an airplane landed on a > road. > > 'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the > newspaper you are misinformed.' > -Mark Twain > > > --- In SoCAL-RVlist@yahoogroups.com , > "rvflyer_2000" wrote: > > > > Sounds like someone we know!!!! > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ydwcdtf > > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply= to > group | Re= ply > via web post| Start > a New Topic > Messages in this topic( > 2) > Recent Activity: > > - New Members > 2 > > Visit Your Group > [image: Yahoo! 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Ok, sounds like I have some fessing up to do...
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I took my mom up for a flight on her birthday and we went to overfly t= he area we are going to be doing=A0a memorial pass today.=A0 I was entering= a user waypoint in my hand held GPS and my hand must have accidentally hit= the 'cold start' switch.=A0 That switch doubles the injector durat= ion and is used for starting in extremely cold temperatures.=A0 But it was = too much fuel for the engine to keep me aloft (just an occasional sputter).= =A0 I was only at about 1100 AGL at the time so my emergency procedures onl= y got as far as:=A0turn toward airport,=A0switch fuel tank, aux fuel pump, = verify fuel pressure, primary switches turned on... shit, time to find a pl= ace to land this thing... call mayday, choose best spot,=A0fly under traffi= c signal and onto road.
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Mom was cool and collected the whole time.=A0 We were very lucky to fi= nd a gap in traffic, the cars were=A0waiting for the light I flew under.=A0= Also really glad to have a=A0plane as nimble as an RV.=A0 I don't think= I could have done it in a Bonanza. (course a Bonanza doesn't have a &#= 39;cold start switch' either)
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It was not=A0until after all the commotion on my drive back to OKB tha= t I finally had a few minutes to think about what could have been the cause= ...=A0 then I really felt stupid.=A0 If only my emergency procedures went o= ne more step and I would have tried tweaking the mixture I could have saved= myself a lot of embarrassment..=A0 But when it is time to fly/land the pla= ne, that is what you have to do.=A0
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Sure enough, upon return to the plane I discovered the cold start swit= ch flipped.=A0 I checked out everything else, ran fine.=A0 Later in the aft= ernoon I flew it home to OKB from Palomar.=A0 I am so very grateful that ex= treme embarrassment is all I suffer.=A0 Thanks for all the support from the= GA community.
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David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryR= oster.net
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:56 AM, rv6flyer <gary@rvdar.com> wrote:
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htt= p://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Plane-emergency-landing-San-Marcos-B= lvd/nX7KBM5oIk25X1pz7anz1Q.cspx

htt= p://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-13/local-county-news/airplane-makes-emerg= ency-landing-on-san-marcos-roadway

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/260504= 9/pilot-lands-plane-safely-on-sd.html

http://kathrynsreport.com/?p=3D2139=

Wonder how much of the above is true other than an airplane landed on a= road.

'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, = if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.'
-Mark Twain=20



--- In SoCAL-RVlist@yahoogroups.com, "rvflyer_2= 000" <rvflyer_2000@...> wrote:
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> Sounds like someo= ne we know!!!!
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> http= ://tinyurl.com/ydwcdtf
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