Reasons for engine failiure?
So you turn up at your aircraft, a non-complex, light SEP hoping to complete a 200 mile X-C flight. You are very thorough with your pre-flight checks, oil was sufficient and clean. You have full tanks of fuel and there were not present any traces of sediment or water. No oddities were noticed with the way the engine started.
You take off and climb straight up to FL65 and cruise at a brisk 110KTS. You pull back the mixture control a tad and monitor the whole situation for a while. All the needles are 'in the green', fuel pressure is good, oil pressure is good and all temperature guages paint a perfect picture......The engine cuts out. You hurridly push the mixture lever forward but no joy. You attempt a restart, still no response.....
In such situations what could possibly be the reason for the engine failure?