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(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRPLANE AT KCRQ RUNWAY 26, AND TAXIED BACK TO THR RUN-UP AREA. HE PERFORMED A RUN-UP, HOWEVER THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETO CHECK WAS MUCH ROUGHER THAN NORMAL. HE PROCEEDED TO RUN THE ENGINE UP TO 2200 RPM AND LEANED THE MIXTURE BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR MAGNETOS. HE AGAIN RAN THE ENGINE UP TO 2200 RPM AGAIN AND LEANED THE MIXTURE FOR A FEW MINUTES. HE THEN PERFORMED THE MAGNETO CHECK, THIS TIME WITH THE NORMAL RPM DROP. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PREFLIGHT CHECKS HE PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL OUT BY ABOUT HALF AN INCH. HE STATED THAT HE KEPT THE MIXTURE OUT BY HALF AN INCH DURING THE TAKEOFF, AND THAT HE USUALLY DOES THIS DURING TAKEOFF TO PREVENT THE MIXTURE FROM BECOMING TO RICH. HE DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 24, AND STATED THAT THE GROUND ROLL WAS NORMAL AND THAT THE AIRPLANE REACHED TAKEOFF SPEED AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. JUST AFTER TAKEOFF HE OBSERVED HIS RATE OF CLIMB TO BE LESS THAN 500 FPM. HE CONTINUED AND AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET MSL THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND RUN VERY ROUGH. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. HE DOES NOT RECALL THE ACCIDENT BEYOND THIS POINT.