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Privately owned aircraft fueled with automatic gas and required by FAA in ramp check to replace fuel with AVGAS or install stc modification for operations with automatic gas.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 229018 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199212 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdd |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 1400 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 229018 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Told by FAA to drain automatic gas and fuel with AVGAS prior to operation of aircraft. Automatic gas was drained into 5 gallon cans and 6 1/2 gallons of 100LL put in aircraft. I moved aircraft from benton to enterprise, approximately 5 mi, and filled it up with 80/87 to find that the entire capacity was not met. Therefore some automatic gas must not have drained in the 3 point attitude of the tail dragger aircraft. The next day I drained another aircraft of automatic gas and replaced with 80/87. No stc's on either aircraft. Both aircraft are obtaining 'stc's' for automatic fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PRIVATELY OWNED ACFT FUELED WITH AUTO GAS AND REQUIRED BY FAA IN RAMP CHK TO REPLACE FUEL WITH AVGAS OR INSTALL STC MODIFICATION FOR OPS WITH AUTO GAS.
Narrative: TOLD BY FAA TO DRAIN AUTO GAS AND FUEL WITH AVGAS PRIOR TO OP OF ACFT. AUTO GAS WAS DRAINED INTO 5 GALLON CANS AND 6 1/2 GALLONS OF 100LL PUT IN ACFT. I MOVED ACFT FROM BENTON TO ENTERPRISE, APPROX 5 MI, AND FILLED IT UP WITH 80/87 TO FIND THAT THE ENTIRE CAPACITY WAS NOT MET. THEREFORE SOME AUTO GAS MUST NOT HAVE DRAINED IN THE 3 POINT ATTITUDE OF THE TAIL DRAGGER ACFT. THE NEXT DAY I DRAINED ANOTHER ACFT OF AUTO GAS AND REPLACED WITH 80/87. NO STC'S ON EITHER ACFT. BOTH ACFT ARE OBTAINING 'STC'S' FOR AUTO FUEL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.