Odyssey
Odyssey
First OfficerFirst Officer
Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 174 Location: UK; about 60miles from EGKK
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Flying on FSPax in a Learjet 45. It was only a small flight so my tanks were only filled to 40%. When I started the flight the weight in the tanks were equal. However, 10 minutes into the flight it appeared that the left tank was decreasing quicker than the right. I declared an emergency etc and by the time I got on final approach to the redirected airport the left tank had nearly 300 pounds less fuel. I wasn't on fuel crossfeed or anything. So you would assume that I had a fuel leak in the left tank but when I checked the report after it said I had declared an emergency without good reason.
Therefore, how am I meant to know when the times comes to having a real fuel leak. Why did this happen in the first place?
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Pappy55
Pappy55
TraineeTrainee
Joined: Nov 18, 2006 Posts: 90
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could of been your fuel pump switch settings???

ARD-DC
ARD-DC
First OfficerFirst Officer
Joined: Nov 02, 2004 Posts: 489 Location: Rotterdam Proximity - Holland
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Or asymmettric thrust... I dont think (although I could easily be wrong), that fuelpump settings affect the fuel consumption in default A/C.
I find that generally, in the default A/C the fuelpumps don't do a whole lot.

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