REFLECTOR: Fuel shut-off valve location

[jewen at comporium.net]

Be careful about making it difficult to reach.  Among other reasons the NTSB cited, I believe John Denver's crash was in part related to a difficult to reach fuel selector/shut off.

Joe



---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:48:48 -0700
>From: "David Ullman" <ullman at robustdecisions.com>  
>Subject: REFLECTOR: Fuel shut-off valve location  
>To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
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>Thanks for all the comments.  Seems that it is best to keep the fuel path as
>short as possible so mine will go on the sump with a push/pull cable coming
>up the keel to a position that is difficult enough to reach that it wont get
>pulled accidently, yet is reachable.  Seems the only situations for using it
>are in maintenance, crash landings and a fire aft.
>
>David G. Ullman 
>Robust Decisions
>ullman at robustdecisions.com
>541-754-3609
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