What happened to Dave's engine? Ignition Failure? Fuel Stoppage?

 Best Regards,

 Bill Palmer


 I am still trying to find out.

 Paul Lamar

 Ok, sounds like I have some fessing up to do...

 I took my mom up for a flight on her birthday and we went to overfly the
 area we are going to be doing a memorial pass today. I was entering a
 user
 waypoint in my hand held GPS and my hand must have accidentally hit the
 'cold start' switch. That switch doubles the injector duration and is
 used
 for starting in extremely cold temperatures. But it was too much fuel for
 the engine to keep me aloft (just an occasional sputter). I was only at
 about 1100 AGL at the time so my emergency procedures only got as far as:
 turn toward airport, switch fuel tank, aux fuel pump, verify fuel
 pressure,
 primary switches turned on... shit, time to find a place to land this
 thing... call mayday, choose best spot, fly under traffic signal and onto
 road.

 Mom was cool and collected the whole time. We were very lucky to find a
 gap
 in traffic, the cars were waiting for the light I flew under. Also really
 glad to have a plane as nimble as an RV. I don't think I could have done
 it
 in a Bonanza. (course a Bonanza doesn't have a 'cold start switch' either)

 It was not until after all the commotion on my drive back to OKB that I
 finally had a few minutes to think about what could have been the cause...
 then I really felt stupid. If only my emergency procedures went one more
 step and I would have tried tweaking the mixture I could have saved myself
 a
 lot of embarrassment.. But when it is time to fly/land the plane, that is
 what you have to do.

 Sure enough, upon return to the plane I discovered the cold start switch
 flipped. I checked out everything else, ran fine. Later in the afternoon
 I
 flew it home to OKB from Palomar. I am so very grateful that extreme
 embarrassment is all I suffer. Thanks for all the support from the GA
 community.

 --
 David Leonard
 Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
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 I think I saw somebody hugging your wife on TV. Your lucky I don't
 put the video on youtube. "Pilot turns off engine by mistake and lands
 on street."

 Is this where you wound up? How did you get the airplane to Palomar?


 Paul Lamar

 no, palomar airport road west of rancho santa fe rd, east bound lane.

 Flatbed truck to Palomar.


 --
 David Leonard

 Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
 http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net <http://n4vy.rotaryroster.net/
 http://RotaryRoster.net

 Palomar Airport Road becomes West San Marcos Blvd.

 Paul Lamar


In the section just east of Business park road. Business park road was the light I went under.

--
David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net

You did an amazing job Dave with a runway that was only 40 feet
wide between trees. Three ten foot wide lanes and a shoulder.

Paul Lamar

--
I have to second that... I had the honor of dead sticking a
c150 on highway 24 in Jacksonville NC during rush hour back
in 1981.  It was both exhilarating and horrifying all at the
same time.  In my case the mechanic, that Just overhauled the
engine, used the old carburetor gasket and covered it with
masking tape... The tape degraded and the gasket separated
sucking air in between the gasket and carburetor.  The FAA
was NOT impressed with this guys mechanic abilities and
forcefully suggested (pulled his license) that he find
another field of employment.  Way to go... Fly the Plane 1st!

Mike C.