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by baybal2 1973 days ago
> Engine stalls are virtually unheard-of.

They do, and quite often

https://airfactsjournal.com/2018/10/the-bad-news-and-good-ne...

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The article does point out this:

“And by far the most common reason piston engines quit is because they don’t receive fuel, either due to fuel starvation (the airplane has fuel but it doesn’t make it to the engine) or fuel exhaustion (the airplane truly ran out of it). These two causes account for over one-third of engine failure accidents”