PLT OF AN EXTRA 200 SEL EXPERIENCED ENG FAILURE DURING DSCNT TO A NON TWR DEST ARPT RESULTING IN A DEAD STICK LNDG. PLT CHKED ACFT FOR FUEL CONTAMINATION AND MADE ANOTHER FLT OVER ARPT WHEREIN THE ENG LOST PWR AGAIN CAUSING HIM TO CONTACT THE NEARBY APCH FACILITY AND SUCCESSFULLY LAND AGAIN. MECH FOUND A PLUGGED FUEL FILTER.

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WHILE ON DSCNT INTO DBN; GA; I EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENG FAILURE ON MY EXTRA 200 (EA200) ACFT. I WAS DSNDING FROM 7500 FT MSL AND THE ENG QUIT AT 2500 FT MSL OVERHEAD DUBLIN COUNTY ARPT. I WENT THROUGH MY CHKLIST RESTART PROC AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN RESTARTING THE ENG. I ACCOMPLISHED AN UNEVENTFUL DEAD STICK LNDG ON RWY 2. I WAS ASSISTED OFF THE RWY TO THE RAMP BY 2 OF THE RESIDENT LINE PERSONNEL. WHILE ON THE GND IN DUBLIN; I THOROUGHLY CHKED OVER THE ACFT AND DRAINED BOTH FUEL SUMPS AS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO FUEL CONTAMINATION OR WATER. I DRAINED ALMOST A GALLON OF FUEL OUT OF THE SUMPS. AFTER RULING OUT CONTAMINATION AND NOTING NO WATER IN THE FUEL SAMPLE; I REFUELED THE ACFT. AFTER REFUELING; I RESTARTED THE ENG AND ACCOMPLISHED MY PREFLT RUNUP; DURING WHICH ALL SYS CHKED OUT NORMAL. AFTER ENSURING THAT ALL SYS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY; I PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF TO DO A TEST FLT OVER THE ARPT. DURING THIS TEST FLT AT A HT OF 3000 FT; THE ENG STARTED DETONATING AND RUNNING ROUGH; AT WHICH TIME I COMMUNICATED WITH MACON APCH CTL TO RETURN AND LAND AT DUBLIN. MACON APCH CTL ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO DECLARE AN EMER; WHICH I DECLINED. I TOLD MACON APCH THAT THERE WAS 1 SOUL ON BOARD AND THAT THE ACFT WAS FULL OF FUEL. I LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON RWY 2 AT DUBLIN; TAXIED IN; SHUT DOWN AND CALLED FOR A MECH. THE ACFT WAS FULLY INSPECTED THE NEXT DAY BY THE MECH WHOSE FINDINGS WERE AS FOLLOWS: THE FINGER FUEL FILTER WHICH IS LOCATED PRIOR TO THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS PLUGGED TIGHT WITH A VERY FINE BROWN MATERIAL. THE SAMPLE IS BEING SENT TO A LABORATORY TO BE EXAMINED. THE ACFT HAS 39 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME AND IS 11 MONTHS OLD. AT THE TIME OF THIS ENG FAILURE I WAS FERRYING THE ACFT FROM ITS HOME BASE AT DAYTON WRIGHT BROTHERS ARPT; DAYTON; OH; TO FBO IN ST AUGUSTINE; FL; FOR ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION.