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NATA Aims To Improve Misfueling Awareness
On the heels of two fatal accidents, the association is seeking to strengthen FBO fueling protocols.

On August 27 last year a Cessna 421C on a medevac flight crashed on initial climb out of Las Cruces, N.M., killing the pilot, two medical workers and the patient. Less than six months later, that sequence was repeated when a Piper PA-46 Malibu went down just after takeoff from Felts Field Airport in Spokane, Wash., killing the lone occupant. In both accidents, piston-powered aircraft had been mistakenly fueled with jet-A instead of avgas before departure, according to the NTSB, which has not yet issued its final report on either crash.


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