Beech V35 crashes in S.C.

"Mike W." wrote:

If I remember right, the plane did have tip tanks.

For those who may be unaware, the Beryl D'Shannon tip tanks, one of two
manufacturers (IIRC) that are STC'ed for the V35, have separate fuel pumps
that must be manually activated by the pilot.

These pumps, when operating, send the fuel into the main tanks at a rate of
about 13 gallons per hour, which results in approximately 1 1/4 hours to
completely drain the 17 gallons (literature only states 15, but in reality
tips hold almost 17) from the tips into the mains.

Since a Bonanza, depending on the engine, burns about 16 to 17 gallons per
hour, the pilot will not be able to pump the fuel from the tips to the
mains in time to prevent fuel exhaustion if the mains were to go dry prior
to the tip pumps being activated.


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Peter
























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