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3Dreaming wrote:
Just to be fair 3 gallons in a Rotax engine does meet legal reserves, but not by much. it certainly was not enough for the airplane he was flying.
Not when a gallon or more of that is unusable fuel in the CTSW fuel system. Not to mention running that low in a CT makes you ripe for fuel starvation by unporting the pickups in even the hint of an uncoordinated turn...
Whoops, missed the part about what he was flying. We’re on the same page.
Andy Walker
Athens, GA
Sport Pilot ASEL, LSRI
2007 Flight Design CTSW E-LSA
Warmi wrote:Well, I was reading his post about the iPad app he was using during his landings and frankly, it almost felt like he was trolling you guys .....
Go over to the POA website and read about his fuel mismanagement crash and subsequent lawsuit. He made an unplanned landing because his fuel gauges showed low fuel, confirmed he only had about 3 gallons left, did not add fuel (??!!), then took off again in clear violation of the reg about VFR fuel reserve. After crashing, he sued the plane manufacturer, his instructor, and a host of others. Suit was finally dismissed with prejudice.
I'm not sure whether that's evidence of insanity or stupidity, but either way it's consistent with honestly believing one can use GPS ground speed to land.
Just to be fair 3 gallons in a Rotax engine does meet legal reserves, but not by much. it certainly was not enough for the airplane he was flying.
That depends on how much fuel he needed to get from where he landed to his final destination. He would need enough to get there plus 30 minutes of reserve. My point is, once he landed and decided to take off again, it was a new flight with it's own fuel requirements.
3Dreaming wrote:Reading the news article it gives me pause about the crash. Time will tell, but I have a strange feeling that it might have been something other than an accident
I immediately thought the same thing, Tom. Suicide by airplane?
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FastEddieB wrote:My “Daniel Bernath - lessons to be learned?” thread just got locked as well.
Good example of over-moderation in my book.
Which I've always tried to avoid here, Eddie, because I believed anyone could be educated. I guess this accident proves me wrong.
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drseti wrote:
Which I've always tried to avoid here, Eddie, because I believed anyone could be educated. I guess this accident proves me wrong.
Maybe so. But at least others can learn from his unwillingness to learn. I believe that everything happens for a reason; sometimes the reason is that the person is a freakin' idiot who makes extraordinarily poor decisions.
His life wasn't wasted. He serves well as a bad example to others.
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