Tim
FRIEND
Petersburgh, NY
800ft runway, took off to the south, 30 acre field joins the end of runway. 150ft in the air maybe 200ft from the end of runway, engine slowed and quit. still had 10 deg. of flaps going about 50mph. landed in the field crossways, no problem. the farmer did a late cutting of Alfalfa and it was about 20, deg. so it was hard. Started right up, turned , taxied about 300ft towards the runway, quit again. Quit twice more before I got to the end of my runway. I finally grabbed the fuel shut off and knew something was not right. I looked at the shut off valve and figured it out. The tin cover over the valve handle that the cable attaches to was cocked to one side. the screw that holds the cover to the valve came loose. I shut the valve off last time I flew and when I pushed handle in it only opened the valve 1/8. Everything fixed, locktight on the screw. and part of the preflight now. Funny thing is I almost never shut the fuel off.