On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:48:20 +0200, Greg Farris wrote:

In article , says...

Which FAR? Your answer presupposes that it's a violation of the FARs, but
you haven't shared which one applies here.



I take the phrase "in an emergency, say low on fuel" to mean the emergency is
a fuel emergency, created by the pilot's mismanagement, in violation of 91.167
In this case, because it's an emergency, you may disregard other regulations
in the interest of responding to the emergency, but you may have some
explaining to do. . .

GF

But there are instances of being low on fuel that do NOT involve a
violation of 91.167.

First of all, 91.167 is for planning purposes and requires that you be
"considering weather reports and forecasts and weather conditions" These
are not always accurate.

In addition, mechanical problems can occur. These also do not involve any
violation of 91.167. Personal experience: I flight planned to have one
hour of fuel remaining at my destination (no alternate was required). A
fuel tank ran dry about 20 minutes before it should have. Problem turned
out to be a leaking gasket in the fuel servo. I wound up landing at the
closest airport (which was some distance away and was my planned
destination). I refueled with 50 gallons (tanks supposedly have 52 gallons
usable and some fraction of a gallon unusable).


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)