----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----Sorry, Dick, but you are right and wrong. Even though the NTSB didn't find the fuel valve manufacturer at fault in the John Denver fatality, Denver's family sued the valve manufacturer and won, putting the the manufacturer out of business. Univair, the supplier of the valve, also was sued, and lost a bunch.
Syd
Dick Chevalier wrote:
----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----[The trouble with shooting from the hip is that unless you are really really good, you get really really dead, really really quick - Dick Chevalier]Wayne,I was about 70% with you until this statement:>>Building fuel pumps and other aircraft parts in today's legal environment is a risky business. >>Just ask the people who built the fuel selector valve in John Denver's Long-Eze. No, wait, that >>company doesn't exist any more.The NTSB did not find the fuel selector make and model was a factor in the accident. What was a factor was the non-plans location of the tank selector handle. The valve was remotely operated using a torque tube and was 45 inches from the selector handle. The selector handle was located behind the pilots left shoulder, extremely difficult to reach.This was a case where the original builder departed from the published plans and changed the design for what he considered to be a good reason, keeping fuel out of the cockpit area (my Citribria uses a similar scheme for the same apparent reason). This and the location of the fuel quantity site guages proved to be the root causes of the accident. The manufacturer of the selector valve was not mentioned, nor was it a factor.It is likely that your assertion that the manufacturer is no longer in business is total BS.Your argument was really going well but you picked an example to illustrate your point from the homebuilt segment where certified parts are not required and you used specious facts to lend credibility. The result is a total lack of credibility.Respectfully,Dick (in the desert of NM where it was warm and CAVU today. I went flying, did you?)Source:specious adj.1. apparently true but actually false: appearing to be true but really false
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