rose9065f
Joined: 30 Jan 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Pahrump, NV
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 Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:09 pm Post subject: One more item on the checklist |
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The wind quit for a day last week, so I decided to fly up to Beatty.� Unfolded the wings and topped the tanks.� Calm when I left, but it got bumpy about a half hour out.� Really rough over the desert.� I wasn't having fun anymore, so I turned around and went home.
Back on the ground I noticed that the left tank was still completely full and the right one was half empty.� I didn't notice during the flight because I knew the tanks were all full, and the sight gauges are hard to read in the bright sunlight.� Even harder to read without bright sunlight.
Anyhow this was unusual because the left tank normally feeds much faster than the right. I first thought the filter was clogged, but it turned out to be the fuel line. It was crimped between the wing and the fuselage. Not at all obvious, took me a while to figure it out even looking right at it.
So I was really lucky. If I hadn't turned around I almost certainly would have had a forced landing when the right tank went dry. In fact I felt so lucky that I immediately went over to my local casino and put $100 in the slot machines. Lost every penny. Bottom line, I learned two important lessons that day:
1. Check the fuel lines before takeoff.
2. Don't gamble.
Jim
NV74/KF2/582
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