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[kevin]

I had a similar, although less disasterous, thing happen to me in a rented Grumman Tiger years ago. A rubber seal had been allowed to deteriorate and it came loose inside the carberator throat, and part of it sucked down and killed the engine. This happened at 4000' IFR right over the top of San Francisco International, so it ended with no problem (ceiling turned out to be about 1500' or so).

Worst part was, my rather hard dead stick landing must have dislodged the seal. While I was in the air, I could not restart. But on on the ground, it ran perfectly. I refused to fly the airplane until they found the problem, and some kid flew down on the airlines and flew the airplane back (unrepaired) over the mountains at night. The next morning, the FBO mechanic found the problem.

Kevin