On one Mag? Temptation and decision

Roger Long wrote:

No apparent harm done except to my pride. I did notice that RPM was a
little low on roll out but figured it was just the weather.

We flew into Asheville a few years ago, and the radio died during the approach.
They gave me a green light, but I was faced with handling the departure NORDO the
next day.

I called the tower and got instructions, taxied down, did my runup, got the green,
and took off. She didn't feel right climbing out, but I figured it was just the
mountains. She still didn't feel right in cruise either, though. I was into my
second panel check and considering landing at a nearby airport when I noticed I
was running on one mag. The distraction of dealing with the light gun and traffic
that I couldn't hear was enough to cause me to fail to cut the switch back all
the way to both during the runup.

George Patterson
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