Fueling a rented 172 and putting 40 gallons into the two 21-gallon tanks.

Seth

"ls" wrote in message
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Dallas wrote:
I was reading some of the older posts of this group and was highly
entertained by NW_Pilot's carburetor icing thread.

My guess is that all of the high time pilots have at least one "big scare
story" they might share... How about it, what was your scariest moment?



Dallas

I'm not high time, but my biggest scare was the time the axle broke on my
quicksilver. The scare actually occurred on the ground after I'd landed. I
noticed the plane was "low riding" during the trip back to the hangar -
when I got out I saw the axle had split right at the middle and was close
to dragging the ground....
On the quicks, the axle is a stress-bearing component of the airframe so
if it collapses the airplane would become uncontrollable...

I didn't even come back to the airport for about a month after that, much
less replace the axle. I eventually did both though and flew the plane
another 150 hours or so before I finally sold it. It's still flying for
the new owner....

But even my engine-out was cake compared to that......

LS
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