Glad to hear it...too many pilots fly over water without them. I've flown
the Astoria-Crescent City trip many times, staying within gliding distance
of the beach. South of Crescent City there are many places where there is no
beach at all. For future reference, I have talked to CEC-based pilots who
tell me that the fog can roll in mighty fast...racing them to the airport.

Did you lean the mix when you pulled the carb heat on? Remember that adding
carb heat richens the mixture and you should lean to compensate.

Bob Gardner
"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
...
Yes, I do have Life Vests on board as I do a lot of coastal flying out
here. When I get the chance I want to Fly from Astoria to Crescent City
along the Oregon coast I think that would be a fun trip.


"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
...
Ten miles out over the ocean in a 150? Life jackets on board? Could you
have
glided to the beach? No way to tell what the dew point was at your
altitude
(the clouds give us a hint) but you seem to have been in a good location
for
carb ice...45 degrees OAT is not insurance against ice. I think you
lucked
out.

Bob Gardner

"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
...
Hello, group the wife and I departed at 12:30pm 06-26-04 ceilings
scattered
at 4,900' tops 6,000' & clear at the coast we will be flying over
3,800'
terrain. The trip up was a fun flight almost uneventful was fun
weaving
around the clouds will post photos soon. As briefed the clouds were
gone
about 10 miles before the coast line.



We flew out over the pacific ocean about 10 miles looking at all the
fishing
boats. The asked the wife if she was ready for me to show her a steep
turn,
she said ok. She actually wanted to do another after the first one we
did
a
few other things then decided that we need to land as it is getting
close
to
the bed and breakfast check in time. The winds at our destination were
220
@
9 G15. I opted for runway 20 was a bit high on a RP. I decided to
slip
it
in I explained to the wife what I was going to do she was alright with
a
slip. We landed checked in with the FBO called the place we were
staying
at
they picked us up promptly.



The Place we stayed at was The Newly Built Stone Crest Cellar Bed &
Breakfast. Our hostess Judy was a very pleasant upscale lady. If you
are
looking to take your wife on a relaxing log cabin castle type paradise
getaway, on the Oregon coast this is the place to go.



The rooms are great the beds are high quality the complementary wine &
appetizers (cheese & crackers, fresh fruit, chocolate truffles & port)
are
great. The ocean view's are outstanding from the deck and even better
from
their hammock on the bluff. The beach access needs a bit of work but
they

are working on it! The bedding & linens are great quality & very
comfortable. Thick comfortable robes are also provided. The sound of
the
ocean waves will put you to sleep ASAP.



This morning's breakfast was excellent & consisted of gourmet coffee,
tea,
fresh fruit, fresh O.J., wheat toast, and one dam good omelet nothing
was
spared, lots of great stuffings and served with a smile. We will
definitely
return to The Stone Crest Cellar Bed & Breakfast wish we were able to
stay
more than 1 night.



We check out Judy takes us back to the airport about a mile away
thanks
us
&
wishes us a safe trip.



Web address for Stone Crest Cellar Bed & Breakfast
http://www.stonecrestbb.com/



Now the fun begins:



Call in for a weather brief about a half hour prior to getting ot the
airport, Ceilings Scattered 1,600; to 5,500 with mountain's obscured,
winds
aloft were light and variable airmass stable. We get fueled up & pre
flight,
I program the GPS and fold my chart the way I like it. We depart
runway
34
climb up to 6,500 head for the tops of the scatterd clouds. I make the
call
to go up to 7,500 It felt more comfortable there and the what a view
the
scattered clouds below. I had to climb up to 8,300' to keep cloud
clearance
I set up for cruise, a fiew minuits later the engine starts to run a
bit
ruff. I go through my checks apply carburetor heat it smoothes out
radio
to
Seattle center that I have some carburetor ice they ask me for the OAT
was
about 45 degrees.



I start to descend down to warmer air all of a sudden at 7,500' I get
silence' the engine quits prop is just wind milling! I pitch for best
glide
make sure all my checks are done. I see KMMV and I got plenty of
altitude
I
know could make if I could not get restarted. I reported to Seattle
Center
that I now have an engine out and I may have to be landing other than
my
destination and that I have KMMV in site and I am attempting a
restart.



At about 4,500' I can hear the engine starting to sputter wanting to
fire
back up as I am descending over KMMV at about 3,800' the ice melted
engine
regained power burping every now i held altitude until ice was totally
gone,
I leave the carburetor heat on, the oil temp started to climb back up
to
normal. I wipe the sweet off my forehead, radio to Seattle Center tell
them
that I have it restarted and am going to continue on.



Right after I radioed in to Seattle that I got power back another
pilot
on
flight following was going west bound at 8,500' called Seattle Center
asking
them ware I had the carburetor ice at because he wanted to avoid the
area.



All I can say is what a trip I never had carburetor ice so bad that
the
engine went out what a rush it was and the wife really enjoyed the
little
1
day vacation in paradise.