Originally Posted by
Pinky the pilot
Yers! My (Ours,
DF) old Mate
JH did a bloody good job in that case.
Fuel contamination was the culprit in that particular case, IIRC.
He sure did! This is from the ATSB report: The aircraft had been carrying sufficient fuel for the flight, the fuel tank caps were correctly secured and the fuel
tank vents were not blocked. Fuel samples taken from the fuel tanker which had recently refuelled the aircraft
showed that the correct type of fuel had been supplied, and was not contaminated.
The fuel filters were removed and fuel samples taken from the aircraft for analysis. The filters were found to be
blocked by a considerable amount of foreign matter restricting the fuel flow.
It's odd that they say "the fuel tank caps" because there was only one fuel tank cap on that old girl!
DF.