X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost06.isp.att.net ([204.127.217.106] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4165451 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:44:40 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.217.106; envelope-from=bbradburry@bellsouth.net Received: from desktop (adsl-230-67-114.mco.bellsouth.net[74.230.67.114]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc06) with SMTP id <20100314164401H06009s4hce>; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:44:01 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [74.230.67.114] From: "Bill Bradburry" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: [SoCAL-RVlist] Re: Off Field Landing Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:44:01 -0400 Message-ID: <2338E3E6E566472096BCBFAF56B5A285@Desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01CAC374.067D7B70" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcrDhnY5BOd4C/rRS1G64NXYNUXtYwADqt1g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CAC374.067D7B70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David, Boy! your mom must be hard to impress! Even after graduating from medical school, you still have to go out and dead stick under a traffic light with her on board! :>) Bill B _____ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of David Leonard Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:55 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: [SoCAL-RVlist] Re: Off Field Landing 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 gap 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 it 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. -- 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-Marcos -Blvd/nX7KBM5oIk25X1pz7anz1Q.cspx http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-13/local-county-news/airplane-makes-eme rgency-landing-on-san-marcos-roadway http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/2605049/pilot-lands-plane-safely-on-sd.html http://kathrynsreport.com/?p=2139 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 | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (2) Recent Activity: * New Members 2 Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use . __,_._,___ ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CAC374.067D7B70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

David,

Boy! your mom must be hard to impress!  Even after = graduating from medical school, you still have to go out and dead stick under a traffic = light with her on board!  :>)

 

Bill B

 

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of David Leonard
Sent: Sunday, March 14, = 2010 10:55 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: [SoCAL-RVlist] Re: Off Field Landing

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 gap 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 it 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.

 

--
David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net

 



 

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:56 AM, rv6flyer <gary@rvdar.com> = wrote:

 


http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Plane-emergen= cy-landing-San-Marcos-Blvd/nX7KBM5oIk25X1pz7anz1Q.cspx

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-13/local-county-ne= ws/airplane-makes-emergency-landing-on-san-marcos-roadway

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/2605049/pilot-lands-pl= ane-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



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> Sounds like someone we know!!!!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ydwcdtf
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