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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) Mais...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.