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Old 8th May 2011, 16:29
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Genghis the Engineer
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I found it very interesting reading. A very large degree of bad luck, handled well by what reads to me as a very competent pilot.

Fuel starvation because of abnormally high fuel burn (more than 20% greater than the POH, which the pilot had already allowed for), combined with an even worse than usual fuel gauging system - then handled impressively well by a pilot who managed a very well performed gear-up landing from an engine failure at 1000ft 2 miles out.

I don't believe that I know anybody involved and have no axe to grind either way - but it really does come across to me as very bad luck, handled very well once it had happened.

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