About this episode
A weekend cross-country flight in a modified Cessna 172 leads to a critical engine power loss due to carburetor ice, prompting a desperate struggle to maintain control and reach safety.
In this episode of “Never Again,” a weekend cross-country in a modified Cessna 172 turns into a fight to keep the engine alive. When the rough-running engine begins to lose power during descent, a Navy pilot and his passengers cycle through every possible fix—mixture, mags, fuel, prop—while racing toward a distant runway.
People in this episode
Host: AOPA
Topics covered
- carburetor ice
- Cessna 172
- engine failure
- cross-country flight
- aviation safety
Keywords
- carb ice
- engine power loss
- Cessna 172
- aviation
- Navy pilot
- flight safety
- cross-country
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