Urges FAA to Require Safety Assessment, Fixes for Excessive Fuel Flow & Power Loss Issue
The NTSB has published a distressing report for Cirrus SR22T owners, recommending action on a possible engine power loss on takeoff. In the report, they reference 6 separate accidents involving Cirrus SR22T airplanes which lost engine power during the takeoff climb, in which 5 showed excessive fuel flow rates as high as 50 gph. The designed fuel flow, with the boost pump on, should deliver 19 gph, or, when set to "High Boost/Prime", as high as 42 gph.