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Fuel Mismanagement | Five NTSB Case Studies Every Pilot Must Learn From
Fuel mismanagement causes roughly fifty general aviation accidents every year, and about 95% are pilot error. In this Power Hour, we break down the critical difference between fuel exhaustion and fuel starvation, then walk through five real NTSB case studies — from a low-time Comanche owner to a 21,000-hour ATP — to show exactly what went wrong and what should have happened. You'll learn how to calculate true endurance, why totalizers and gauges can't be trusted blindly, how to build a tank-switching routine, and the instructional habits CFIs must teach to break the fuel-accident chain…
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