> About 95% of all private plane crashes are due to running out of fuel or flying into clouds. It is ridiculously easy to do neither: fill your tank, and turn a

> About 95% of all private plane crashes are due to running out of fuel or flying into clouds. It is ridiculously easy to do neither: fill your tank, and turn around. Denver was told by a technician that the tanks had "less than half in the right tank and less than a quarter in the left tank" These are each 26 gallon tanks. The technician was wrong because the gauges were non-linear (and had no markings). Denver should have checked himself (and hopefully knew the gauges were non-linear), but either didn't check or didn't know. 10+ gallons (what he likely thought he had in the right tank) is more than enough for the flight he was attempting.