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IR.III.B.R2FAA-S-ACS-8C · Nov 2023Risk management

Scenarios and circumstances that could result in minimum fuel or the need to declare an...

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Scenarios and circumstances that could result in minimum fuel or the need to declare an emergency.

Bottom line

Many actual emergency landings have been made and later found to be the result of the fuel selector valve being positioned to an empty tank while the other tank had plenty of fuel.

FAA references

  1. AFH ch. 9 (p. 9-29) — FAA-H-8083-3C
  2. RMH App. D (p. D-2) — FAA-H-8083-2A
  3. IFH ch. 8 (p. 8-17) — FAA-H-8083-15B
  4. IFH ch. 11 (p. 11-7) — FAA-H-8083-15B
  5. RMH ch. 1 (p. 1-2) — FAA-H-8083-2A
  6. AFH ch. 13 (p. 13-34) — FAA-H-8083-3C
  7. AFH ch. 9 (p. 9-13) — FAA-H-8083-3C
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