"Jack" wrote in message
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All correct. One thing you could have done was just switch off the
magnetos
rather than the mixture control. This will shut down the engine faster,
and
might cause the prop to stop too when the mags are grounded. Since you
won't
be restarting the engine anytime soon, there is no reason to not stop the
engine with the magnetos.

Beyond the short delay it takes for the fuel already enroute to the
cylinders to be exhausted, there's no difference between using the mixture
and using the mags. This difference couldn't possibly be important in
flight, simply trying to shut the engine down for a gear-up landing. The
other difference is that if you *don't* cut the mixture, you wind up with
unburned fuel in the engine, exhaust and possibly elsewhere, adding risk of
fire to your existing troubles.

If the engine won't stop with the mixture cut off, it won't stop with the
mags grounded. Plus, there IS a reason to not stop the engine with the
magnetos (unburned fuel), and so I would use the mixture.

Pete