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Practicing for my center line trust rating the instructor pulled the mixure on the rear engine I was sweting adrenalin when after we fethered it we could not get the aux fuel pump to work so we could not start it we were at 4000 feet and were holding if not climing at about 170 fpm we piddle for about 15 minutes (an eternity) with the primer no luck finally I said lets fly to Stennis field and landed with the front engine just like a 172 in the grown we got it reestarted and replaced the aux fuel pump.
nerve racking but what agreate feeling to know that you can still make it home to sleep at night.
P: I wonder how the single engine versus tween engine airplanes statistics would shift if every tween engine pilot reported
the lifes saved by arriving safely to the nearest airport.
that is another topic
care to talk about it
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