Pilot in Dock for Running out of Fuel..
Bless all of those who excuse such shockingly bad airmanship! Let's imagine for a moment that the defendant's fuel calcs were accurate and he started his approach into Shoreham with three and a half gallons per side.... then the airport/runway is closed for whatever reason. Er..how far is he going to divert to... on his six minutes (at best) fuel? By the way... this was NOT fuel starvation it was fuel exhaustion. (Starvation = fuel in tank(s) but not reaching cylinders. Let's face it, the Seneca is a fairly simple but sporty performer.... and six minutes contingency fuel at the end of a c250 mile flight is irresponsible and reflects poor airmanship. (Mind you.... he'll remember that deafening silence and dead-stick landing much longer than anything the beak says!) bm