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Richard this was most likely a case of Pilot error. You should know your aircrafts systems
The fuel system was a stupid design on Cessan's part in my opinion
The electric boost fuel pumps only pick up fuel from the mains and not the aux tanks in the older models with aux tanks. If you run the mains dry and loose prime you will still have gas in the aux and you can't access it.
Read Ernie'e report
The NTSB report say's mains were empty and there was still 13 gallons 11 in the right and 2 in the left aux tanks . If this had been accessed before the mains were ran dry he should have made it to the airport
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