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Left Mag Dead... After Annual???
"three-eight-hotel" wrote in message oups.com... So I just got out of a $1900 annual, and stopped by, on Friday, to gas the plane up for a flight to happen this week... I tried to start the plane up (Cessna 172), and it never as much as sputtered. The battery was well charged and it turned over, and over, and over, and over... Never fired though!?!? I tried for about 5 minutes, and ended up just leaving it, for the mechanic to look at. I called this morning, and they are still looking at it. He said, for some reason, the left mag is dead. He's supposed to call me this afternoon, when he has something definitive. I've never had a problem starting this plane (with the exception of a low battery), and was quite surprised to encounter something like that, immediately after an annual... It would have been different, if it had occured during regular useage, but when you go to pick up your airplane from annual, you are expecting it to be in as tip-top shape as it can be. Has anyone else had a similar problem? The mechanic said the plane was started and running after annual, so is this just a major coincidence? Is it true??? Are we all just test pilots, when we pick our planes up from an annual? Thanks for any input. Todd I make the shop prove to me that everything in the airplane works after every time they touch it....when I'm satisified that my plane is back to par, then I'll offer to pay the bill. |
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