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Salt Lake City, UT
THE PLT RPRTD DSCNDG FROM 10,500 FEET MSL FOR AN APCH TO RWY 34 RIGHT AT THE SALT LAKE CITY ARPT. HE STATED HE HAD SELECTED LANDING FLAPS & HAD MOVED THE MIXTURE TO RICH & THE PROP TO HIGH RPM. AT 8,500 MSL, 'THE ENGINE QUIT.' SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON AN UNFINISHED SECTION OF HIGHWAY I-215, APRX ONE MI SOUTH OF THE ARPT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PRE-ACDNT FAILURE OR DEFICIENCY. AN OPNL CHECK OF THE ENG & A MAGNETO CHECK AT 2000 RPM REVEALED NO PRE-ACDNT PROBLEMS.
THE PLT RPRTD DSCNDG FROM 10,500 FEET MSL FOR AN APCH TO RWY 34 RIGHT AT THE SALT LAKE CITY ARPT. HE STATED HE HAD SELECTED LANDING FLAPS & HAD MOVED THE MIXTURE TO RICH & THE PROP TO HIGH RPM. AT 8,500 MSL, 'THE ENGINE QUIT.' SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON AN UNFINISHED SECTION OF HIGHWAY I-215, APRX ONE MI SOUTH OF THE ARPT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PRE-ACDNT FAILURE OR DEFICIENCY. AN OPNL CHECK OF THE ENG & A MAGNETO CHECK AT 2000 RPM REVEALED NO PRE-ACDNT PROBLEMS.