akiley wrote in news:2e7dbffb-645c-49b6-9687-
:

Hi All, I'm working on my multi rating in a Beech Duchess. I'm
curious about an item that doesn't seem well covered in the POH and
elsewhere for that matter.

What if you loose one engine at altitude, allowing plenty of time to
try to fix. You determine that you ran the right tank dry of fuel.
According to the fuel diagram, you should be able to run both engines
off one tank. The fuel line exits each tank and splits: one going to
the opposite fuel selector and one going to the closest engines fuel
selector.

If this is doable, why is it not talked about more? It's not a "fix"
option on the checklist and not discussed in the text of the POH.
Crossfeed is considered an emergency operation according to the POH,
and also "level flight only". Could this be why? Possible fuel
starvation on the crossfeeding engine from maneuvering to land, where
it may be safer to feather and secure the dead engine and do your one
shot landing.

... akiley


I have no idea what you're asking here. If you've lost an engine, why
would you be needing to run both off one tank?

Now, if you mean that you still have a long way to go and that you'll run
one dry before you get where you are going, then , yes, that's what it's
for.
You also want to alternate a bit to keep any imbalance from getting
crazy. I haven't flown a duchss n a long time, but I don't remember there
being anything too strange about the crossfeed arrangements. But if you
lost one there's nothing stopping you from crossfeeding from the oppostie
tank. Likelywise, if you have a leak in one tank, there's no reason I can
see you can't run both engines off of the remaining tank.
Sounds like they are (quite rightfully) discouraging 2recreational
crossfeeding" that some guys do just to "balance em out perfectly" This
usually leads to a massive imbalance, or even worse, having both engines
flame out due to ou getting distracted and forgetting.


It happens.



Bertie