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Old 18th Mar 2006, 21:18
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BEagle
 
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Dan Winterland explained the symtoms of an unlocked primer to me once and I NB'd it for future information..... It wasn't something I'd heard about before.

A couple of years later, one of my a/c was snagged for rough running. The FI had aborted the trip. As soon as I climbed into the a/c I tried the primer.....

....it was unlocked. When resecured, the engine ran perfectly happily.

Because we don't run a 'blame culture' or embarrass people with patronising tech log entries, we made sure that all our members learned from the incident - since then there have been no further instances.

Thanks, Dan!
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