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Pre-takeoff checklist
My first engine failure!
Yesterday morning we were departing Fullerton, CA IFR for Van Nuys, CA in a Piper Seminole. We started our takeoff roll and around 30 knots the right engine died. We slammed the throttles back and hit the brakes and taxied off the runway.
We had done our right engine run up, and were clearing some mags on the left engine, so we temporarily had leaned the right engine. We had both forgot to push it fullrich for takeoff after we had fixed the left side.
We did another runup, and headed for van nuys. Everything was fine with the engines, but the Right engine manifold pressure needle got stuck at 33 inches (not even possible in that plane). We did everything we could to fix it, but we werent about to takeoff from Van Nuys without that gauge, so it cut our day short.
Good learning experience, and I had a fun time in CA. And I got 19.5 more multi hours!
Yesterday morning we were departing Fullerton, CA IFR for Van Nuys, CA in a Piper Seminole. We started our takeoff roll and around 30 knots the right engine died. We slammed the throttles back and hit the brakes and taxied off the runway.
We had done our right engine run up, and were clearing some mags on the left engine, so we temporarily had leaned the right engine. We had both forgot to push it fullrich for takeoff after we had fixed the left side.
We did another runup, and headed for van nuys. Everything was fine with the engines, but the Right engine manifold pressure needle got stuck at 33 inches (not even possible in that plane). We did everything we could to fix it, but we werent about to takeoff from Van Nuys without that gauge, so it cut our day short.
Good learning experience, and I had a fun time in CA. And I got 19.5 more multi hours!