Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #47160
From: Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: IVP down in Mesa, AZ, 3 souls lost
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 08:40:07 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
What color does 100LL turn if you mix in some Jet-A?  Maybe we should add the "sniff test" to the preflight.  We still take fuel samples as part of the preflight... right? 

Mark S.

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Tom Gourley <tom.gourley@verizon.net> wrote:
isn't this the one the determined had been fueled with Jet-A instead of 100LL... apparently the FBO had also fueled a 421 at the same time with Jet-A, however it was caught prior to takeoff... I got this second hand so perhaps it is not correct?
 
I don't know about the plane being misfueled, but this comment reminds me of something I read a while back.  The pilot of a Turbo-Skylane was refueling while on a cross country trip and noticed the line guy was about to pump Jet-A into his plane.  When the pilot stopped him from pumping the Jet-A the line guy, with a confused look on his face, said, "But it says Turbo on the side.  Don't all these Turbos use Jet-A?"  A good reminder that just because someone works around airplanes doesn't mean they know much about them.  Keep a close eye on the fuel truck.  And having the word "Turbo" prominently displayed on an airplane is not necessarily a good thing.
 
Tom Gourley
 

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