Talk:BSAA Star Tiger disappearance

star tiger was gone after reporting good weather but the weather was bad it ran out of fual so it crashed in the burmuda trianle.

Previous low fuel

"and just two months previously another Tudor IV had found itself landing with less than 100 imp gal (450 l; 120 US gal) of fuel left; less than the amount by which the Star Tiger was overloaded"

This is itself a result of an error in reading the fuel contents after landing. With less than full tanks the fuel gauges gave different readings depending on being either 'tail up' (as in flight) or 'tail down' as in when the aircraft is on the ground. This was quite normal for large aircraft with tailwheel undercarriages and the correction factors to be used in fuel content calculations when 'tail down' were usually included in the type's Pilot's Notes. The gauges gave normal correct readings when the aircraft was in flight, i.e., 'tail up'.

The person who measured the fuel contents used the wrong figures, using the 'tail up' figures while the aircraft was on the ground. The fuel amount was not as low as was reported. This discrepancy was explained by one of BSAA's engineers IIRC, and was not of any significance to the aircraft in question as it had landed with ample fuel.

When on the ground with less than full tanks the fuel will all run to the rear of the tanks leading to misleading fuel gauge readings. Simple. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.241.62 (talk) 12:09, 25 June 2016 (UTC)