Just sounds like good 'preparedness' to me!

I do the same.

When I had my first (and only,,, so far) engine failure, it was a positive
experience in that (because of having thought about this scenario and
planned for it) I was able to go immediately to dispassionately
problem-solving and at the same time, setting up the plane for an emergency
glide to a suitable landing area (which fortunately was an airport that had
been a waypoint on my route, just 7 or 8 nautical miles behind me - I was at
7,500,,, plenty of options for farmland too.

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"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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"RD" wrote in message
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How many of you have memorized all the emergency procedures. The only
one
I
really know is the engine failure procedure. I have to admit, if any
other
emergency was to develop I think I'm unprepared and it's time I do some
re-familiarization of procedures.

I have engine failure and fire on my checklist. I've memorized them,
and review them prior to each flight (really). Is that what you mean
by 'all'? They're the only ones mentioned in the POH.

I constantly review what I'd do in various circumstances, sometimes
to the point of obsession. It's probably not healthy, but that's me. I
like to think I'd know what to do if I lost a control surface, had one
stick on me, had a passenger get seriously ill, became partially
incapacitated myself, hit a large bird, got shot at, and just about
everything else a paranoid mind can conceive.


On a side note, I'm a bit confused about a partial engine failure. Say
the
engine loses a valve and runs VERY rough. Should I continue flying with
that
engine in hopes of making a runway, or shut the engine down to prevent
it
from ripping itself off the airplane and turning me into a large paper
weight.

Depends, doesn't it? I've never lost a valve, so I've no idea how rough
is rough. If the shaking made me very nervous, I'd shut down. If the
engine was just rough because of a missing cylinder and the shaking
minimal, I'd climb at Vy in anticipation of a full failure. If I was over
a dry lake bed or other clear area, I'd shut the engine off anyway
and land ASAP. Saving the plane from damage isn't a consideration.