deek
New Member
So, getting ready to go on a short instrument flight with my instructor to prep for my ins checkride next weekend. I do my preflight on the warrior with checklist in hand, everything seems good. We get in and I start the starting checklist. Go to crank it over and it spins but does not fire, let off, wait a few, try again, nothing. My instructor takes it over and does the hot start procedure, nothing, waits, tries again, we look up and see smoke comming out, I grab the extinguisher as he gets the door and we hop out and he pops the hood and its got a nice fire going and hits it with the dry chem and it goes right out.
We followed the procedures on the check list and after the second normal try my instructor took over and starts the hot start procedure. The head of the school wasn't there but we called and he said he wants my instructor to file a claim on his insurance, well my instructor got pretty po'd at that point.
We checked with the on field mechanic who had the cowling off and said there wasn't much damage and could have it up again first thing tomorrow.
Should I be worried, would I need to file a claim on my insurance? Anyways after that we got a different plane and went and did the flight as normal with everything good after that. Sure did get the pucker factor up there!
We followed the procedures on the check list and after the second normal try my instructor took over and starts the hot start procedure. The head of the school wasn't there but we called and he said he wants my instructor to file a claim on his insurance, well my instructor got pretty po'd at that point.
We checked with the on field mechanic who had the cowling off and said there wasn't much damage and could have it up again first thing tomorrow.
Should I be worried, would I need to file a claim on my insurance? Anyways after that we got a different plane and went and did the flight as normal with everything good after that. Sure did get the pucker factor up there!