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Hello. Yes - I lost my turbo - and thus my engine went dead at 16,000 one day over PA. I didnt know it was my turbo at the time and I proceeded to a nearby airport but I did have a lot of options to choose from at that point and I even arrived over my destination airport a dozen miles away with like 10k to spare which I spiraled down to a successful engine out landing. Looking back I could have tried to restart once at breathing altitudes but my hands were full and the runway was made and it didnt cross my mind. But it should have crossed my mind. Anyway I made a nice dead stick landing. Knock on wood. The story is on here somewhere - search the word sake.

I read this thread trying to understand what it is in my airplane that might eventually bite me and need replacement but I wont be able to find one - what is this part? Is it an actuator? A gear? The helix screw? Where is it? How hard is it to get to and replace if I had this part in hand?

Has New Jersey developed a case of the chicken pox?

Well I prefer Mooney - which is why it is what I have. But the Cardinal is a very nice airplane. Best looking Cessna and especially easy regress probably compared to any other small GA airplane I can think of.

I dont own a sidewinder but I have watched the guys at weepnomore use a sidewinder easily on my rocket which has an MT 4 blade.

My engine is entirely different but lead times are similar right now. My engine is literally on a truck right now going to a top shop. Why are lead times so long right now for major overhauls? Is the supply chain still messed up from Covid?

Wow - that does look handy - and easy to adapt to a tug.

Pre-emptive.

Overhaul - 20 weeks. ;-/. But at least I timed it to be down largely during the winter. Penn Yan. Btw I have little faith in factory cylinders so I’m going with superior cylinders and a superior camshaft too.

Well... I like mine - a lot. Enough that I'm doing a new engine at just shy of 2200hrs now into 12 years of ownership.

Im not sure sumping can catch all ice crystals suspended in the fuel if they are there or would even point out that there is crystals in the fuel when looking at your sump cup. How did Victor find ice in the flow divider long after the event? Wouldnt ice melt right away after landing? BTW - IPA - when I was first reading about it one thing I read is it is standard practice for the Canadian Mounties - and I figure if its good enough for them - its good enough for me - I live in a cold winter climate - but again - it can happen at altitude any time of the year.

My guess as said here - suspended ice particles in the fuel clogged the fuel screen. This is not a Mooney specific or even a Continental specific possibility. It can happen to any of us who might fly in below freezing conditions - which can happen in summer at altitude or winter at lower altitudes. I have for at least a decade put a dabble of IPA - you want extreme pure IPA rather than the drugstore stuff that has water in it which is self defeating - for this purpose. Correct dosing is mentioned here in other threads and IPA is an approved substance at correct dosages for continental engines as noted in their circulars. It doesnt take much to prevent ice crystals from suspending in the fuel and clogging the flow divider. A thought - if this does happen to anyone and it is above freezing at lower altitudes I would guess its possible that the ice would melt before landing so even if a restart is not possible early in the event during cruise it might be possible at lower altitude - so file that away in case a restart might still be possible. In any case well done - and wow! I too once upon a time had a complete loss of power in cruise - at FL16 but due to a turbo issue - and a nice dead stick landing to an airport - on a nice summers day - not ice in any form. In any case I was quite shaken after. Well done sir!

I’m going ti try your methods

Ill try that. I forgot to mention - I do tape paper or cardboard to the sides of the glasses to prevent peripheral vision.

In a pinch - having misplaced my official foggles - I have made my own in a pinch with cheap walmart glasses - and masking tape.