ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:
In article om,
says...


After reading the report myself I have two questions:

1) What caused the crash?

Officially the probable cause has not been determined by the NTSB at this time
.This report is about the facts that were discovered during the course of the
investigation. ...


2) Given the 20 gallon fuel capacity of the plane, why does the
following
statement refer to 10 gallons, rather than 5?

"The airplane was not eligible for certification in the ultralight
category
due to a fuel capacity of greater than 10 gallons. "

If it were a legal 2 seat airplane operating under the Ultralight training
exemption he could have 10 gallons of fuel. Single seat Ultralights are limited
to 5 gallons. There is no such thing as a 2 seat Ultralight.

Actually it was an unregistered Amature built airplane . I hope this helps.


Thanks. It certainly does help. I wasn't aware that ten-gallon tanks
were permitted for trainers.

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