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-CAUTION-
I would not advise this for your first solo cross-country flight.
On
September 5th 1998, a student pilot was conducting a solo cross-country training
flight from Nikiski Alaska to Port Alsworth. The student pilot told NTSB
investigator that during the flight he encountered repeated episodes of
carburetor icing, which cleared up with the application of carb heat. He
decided to land on a ridge top to inspect the airplanes heat control, and drain
some fuel. The pilot reported the winds to be light and variable. During taxi
after landing the airplanes tires struck a rut, the pilot applied brakes and the
aircraft nosed over. Fuel ran out of the fuel tank vents onto the engine, and
the airplane immediately caught fire and was destroyed. The pilot indicated
that he was able to retrieve some survival equipment from the plane before it
was consumed, but was unable to reach the Emergency Locator Transmitter. The
following day he saw some hunters who ferried him to Port Alsworth.
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