On my PPL checkride last Saturday... the examiner and I were on board, the engine was started, we were putting on the headsets when the mic of the examiner didn't work. Bad headset. I shut down the engine etc, and waiting until he was back with a new headset. I then tried to start the engine to continue the checklists from where we left off... but it wouldn't start. Applied some primer, it seemed to want to start but then stopped again.
Then the examiner pointed me to the mixture still being in idle cut off. Great way to start your checkride!
Luckily we both had a laugh and I passed the exam (yay!
), but I really felt stupid
Next time I'll restart with the checklist from the top, instead of trying to continue where I left off.