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DOT/FAA RIN: 2120-AB46 Publication ID: Fall 1996 
Title: Low Fuel Quantity Alerting System 
Abstract: This action would amend the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes to require a means to alert the flight crew of potentially unsafe low fuel quantities. There have been several fuel depletion incidents involving loss of power or thrust on all engines that could have resulted in forced landings and injury or loss of life. Most of these incidents resulted from improper fuel management techniques. This proposed amendment would require new transport category airplane designs to incorporate a low fuel quantity alert system that would allow for correction of certain fuel management errors or provide the flightcrew the opportunity to make a safe landing prior to engine fuel starvation. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 25   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 106(g)    49 USC 40113    49 USC 44701 to 44702    49 USC 44704   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/12/1987  52 FR 17890   
NPRM Comment Period End  09/09/1987    
Final Action  12/00/1997    
Additional Information: Docket No. 25213. Project No. ANM-83-039R. ^PANALYSIS: Regulatory Evaluation, 05/12/87, 52 FR 17890
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Neil Schalekamp
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Northwest Mountain Region, 1601 Lind Avenue SW,
Renton, WA 98055-4056
Phone:425 227-2112