Mark Hickey wrote:

Let's not rule out the one advantage of the fuel dump we haven't
discussed - that anyone who had to deadstick in due to fuel starvation
could then claim he had dumped the fuel to prepare for the deadstick
landing.

I am reminded of the following accident report which I found quite
humorous. This is a partial quote from an NTSB accident report of a
C-150 forced landing near Four Corners Regional Airport, Farmington,
New Mexico circa October 2003,

"According to the tower operator at FMN, as the airplane was entering
a left base for runway 07, a expletive was heard over the tower
frequency and shortly thereafter an emergency locator transmitter
(ELT) signal was heard. According to emergency personnel, when they
arrived on scene, they found the pilot had already pulled himself out
of the inverted airplane and was sitting on the wing. The pilot told
them "don't worry about a fire, there's no fuel."

David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com