![]() Peter pointed out that the FAR fuel requirements are based on planning, not the actual amount in the tanks when you land. En route he changed his destination airport and crashed after running out of fuel while flying what he told controllers was a “practice ILS” at the new destination. The pilot was on an IFR flight in a Piper Arrow. In case you missed that issue, the accident involved an ATP-certified pilot with 25,000 hours and type ratings in several airline jets. I was reminded of pilots and fuel by the responses we received concerning Peter Garrison’s “Aftermath” analysis of a fuel exhaustion accident that appeared in our February issue. But it is safe to say that fuel exhaustion is a leading, if not the leading, cause of power loss in general aviation flying. ![]() It’s impossible to know for sure how many pilots run out of fuel each year, because many power-loss events do not result in an accident if there is no serious personal injury or substantial damage during the forced landing. The most obvious requirement for continued powered flight-fuel in the tanks-seems to confound pilots more than P-factor.
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