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Old March 28th 04, 03:06 AM
Tony Cox
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"Big John" wrote in message
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Extracted from NTSB report.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain
errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final
report has been completed.

On March 15, 2004, at 0830 central standard time, a Beech A36...


Seems to be a rash of them. Here's another just 4 days before.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...CA153& akey=1

"During a telephone interview with the National Transportation Safety Board
investigator-in-charge (IIC), the operator stated that, while at the fuel
island, a new employee had mistakenly filled the fuel truck with Jet-A fuel.
The employee then used the Jet-A fuel in the truck to refuel the airplane.
In an effort to help avoid similar problems, the operated has ordered new
nozzles for the fueling points to help distinguish the Jet-A tank from the
Avgas tank."


 




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