Originally Posted by
poteroo
I suggest that training in PA-28 aircraft should include a fuel starvation review - at a safe height and location of course. It's a fact that many/most student pilots never actually do this stuff, similarly flying with a stopped engine. We do it for loss of electrics, loss of flap function - so why not for loss of noise?
AFAIK, it's because of the non-zero chance the engine won't restart immediately due air in the lines - at least that's what I was told by my instructor - prompting over-priming and a possible engine fire if the student panicked and held the button down too long (electric prime). It has happened - and at Moorabbin, no less.
I did some 'loss of noise' training on the ground early on while taxying back from a training flight and it was amazing to me how long the engine would run for from the time the fuel was switched off. That was enough.