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SR-22 ditched in Pacific Ocean en-route to Hawaii
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a distress call from a single engine aircraft running out of fuel approximately 975 miles north of the Big Island. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
A great rescue, it shows how effective the CG is. Pilot was smart enough to declare emergency early enough. All hands did a great job. Vectoring him towards the cruise ship and final rescue. Pilot kept his cool getting into the raft. Semper Paratus.
I am wondering how the pilot knew in advance the fuel bladder was going to fail.
I figure he had already ran a tank down and was going to pump into it from the ferry tank
That makes sense. Thanks.
I admit to being a non-pilot non-air guy with a Navy engineering background. But for the extra few $ involved, I believe a valve THAT critical to a ferry operation should have had an emergency bypass valve plumbed in parallel to it. With all the super-intense attention paid to safety in aircraft mechanics/design, I'm a bit shocked that that's not SOP for temp fuel bladders.
See Ron Nash's post below. Nothing sacred about anything anymore. For some things there is no explanation.
Many years ago our clubs new Beech Musketeer's fuel tank selector valve stuck, fortunately on a tank, not in between, also, fortunately there were several airports nearby, not just open water. New things seem to have a higher failure rate than tried and true!!!