Yes, Lycomings will develop carb ice. Not quite as readily as a Continental or Franklin, but they will certainly do so under the right circumstances. Glad he got it on the ground OK. Not to second guess his actions, but have to wonder why he didn't pull on carb heat at the first sign that all wasn't well. I'm guessing he didn't recognize that it was ice. Pulling carb heat on should be part of his standard emergency sequence when the engine isn't running right, and likely will be in the future. (Full Rich, carb heat on, full throttle, switch fuel tanks) None of those actions are likely to get you killed, but they can sure save your day.
-Jeff Scott > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 1:30 PM > From: "Flesner via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > To: krnet@list.krnet.org > Cc: Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> > Subject: KR> Home from Gathering > > > I brought my KR home from Mt.Vernon this afternoon. I'll pull a > cylinder this weekend and send it off for repair of the exhaust valve. > Flight home was uneventful for me, other than the weak cylinder that I'm > guessing is causing my vibration, but not so for my friend in his RV10 > that took me to Mt.Vernon. He was running low power as he followed me > home and 5 miles from his home airport his engine starting running > rough. He was very close to a residential air park with a 2600 foot > grass strip so he decided to land there. His engine went dead on short > final but he landed safely. He called me to pick him up so I drove to > the strip. On my drive to the strip I concluded he had suffered carb > ice and not a fouled plug. When I got there he said it was running fine > again. He runs a Lycombing 540 which shouldn't be susceptible to icing > but today was a perfect day for carb ice. I ran carb heat the entire > time from Mt.Vernon. A quick run up and he flew home the last five > miles and landed safely. > > I guess I'm the last to get the KR home so all is well. See you at Lee > Summit next year. > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
