"Cecil Chapman" wrote in message
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Great story!

Yeah that carb ice can be a sneaky little bugger. Both times I
experienced
it (the second time it was more severe and the engine went graveyard dead
on
a few occasions ) I was in an 'Ice Maiden' g C-152.

Your experience sounds almost identical to my second (more severe) carb
ice
incident, except that I opted to do an emergency landing at an airport
that
I knew I could easily glide to even if I lost all power. For me, the
reason
I did the precautionary landing is that I didn't feel that I had enough
experience to really say it was a carb ice issue I had been dealing with
for
certain - even though I was sure of it. So, I opted to land, just in case
there was some other reason that my level of experience didn't permit me
to
ferret out the actual cause.

Great job! Glad the Mrs. handled it well, also!

She did not know the engine quit till I did the radio call she just thought
since I was just past the mountain range it was time to go down she just
gets air sick all the time & my wife really trusts me.



P.S. I may be 'preaching to the choir' at this point and telling you
something you already are aware of, but just in case you, or others
reading
your post weren't aware; I did want to mention that carb ice doesn't
require
there to be freezing or near freezing temperatures just outside the
aircraft. In fact, outside temps in the seventies with sufficient
humidity
will produce carb ice.

In fact, the first time I ever experienced carb ice (less severe than my
second experience) the temperature outside the cabin was in the mid 70's
and
it was generally a warm day, with relatively high humidity - that's all it
took...

Yes, I have expericanced it a few times in warmer weather but never as sever
as this time carb heat usually dose it but this time wow came on so fast.



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