[Paul Sharp]

This past weekend I have the front engine kill on me at LaPlata/Durango airport on start of takeoff roll.

Mine is a turbo, but it takes a little time for the turbo to spool up when you apply throttle from an idle. Could it be that the engine is just getting flooded?

I taxied back to the start and thinned out the mixtures, then applied throttle and all ran fine. Once the RPMs got up I went ahead and advanced the mixture to full rich again about halfway down the runway.

I have had this happen before at Flagstaff, AZ - another reasonably-high airport.

Anyone else with turbos have something like that happen?