皇冠体育app

Cessna 177A Cardinal, G-BTSZ

Summary:

Approximately 15 minutes into a local area flight from Cranfield, the aircraft鈥檚 engine began to misfire. 皇冠体育app pilot applied carburettor heat, to no effect; and then observed that both fuel quantity gauges indicated that the fuel tanks were empty. 皇冠体育app pilot carried out a forced landing, during which the nose landing gear collapsed. Subsequent investigation showed that the probable cause of the loss of power was the build up of water contaminated fuel residue in the engine fuel strainer drain mechanism, which prevented the drain from closing fully after the pre flight checks and resulted in the loss of fuel.

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