Single engine part 135 pilot experiences engine failure shortly after takeoff and lands straight ahe...

Attributes
ACN	1009189
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Selector
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 660 Flight Crew Type 120
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

The airplane had been sitting for about 3 hours before I initiated the flight. The passengers were boarded and I started the engine; and began to taxi. I proceeded to do my normal run up and taxied to the approach end of the runway. I noticed the fuel gauge for the right tip tank (the one that I had selected) was reading low however I filled the two tip tanks within 0.6 hobbs time and there should have been enough fuel to continue the flight. I began my roll out onto the runway and pushed the throttle to the full position; gained airspeed and took off. Upon reaching about 300-400 ft AGL as I was adjusting the mixture throttle and prop to the climb performance setting; the engine began to sputter; I added full power and the engine power came back briefly. Then the engine gave out completely. I noticed the airspeed decrease dramatically so I pitched down to regain my airspeed and I switched from the left tip tank to the right tip tank; and tried to engage the starter as I was pitching down. Once in a nose low pitch attitude I saw that I only had about a 1;000 ft of runway left so I aimed for a landing point and with my airspeed still slow I pulled back to flare over the runway which resulted in a hard landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Single engine Part 135 pilot experiences engine failure shortly after takeoff and lands straight ahead on the 8;600 FT departure runway. Takeoff was initiated with the fuel selector to the right wingtip tank which indicated low but should have contained sufficient fuel; a hard landing results.

Narrative: The airplane had been sitting for about 3 hours before I initiated the flight. The passengers were boarded and I started the engine; and began to taxi. I proceeded to do my normal run up and taxied to the approach end of the runway. I noticed the fuel gauge for the right tip tank (the one that I had selected) was reading low however I filled the two tip tanks within 0.6 Hobbs time and there should have been enough fuel to continue the flight. I began my roll out onto the runway and pushed the throttle to the full position; gained airspeed and took off. Upon reaching about 300-400 FT AGL as I was adjusting the mixture throttle and prop to the climb performance setting; the engine began to sputter; I added full power and the engine power came back briefly. Then the engine gave out completely. I noticed the airspeed decrease dramatically so I pitched down to regain my airspeed and I switched from the left tip tank to the right tip tank; and tried to engage the starter as I was pitching down. Once in a nose low pitch attitude I saw that I only had about a 1;000 FT of runway left so I aimed for a landing point and with my airspeed still slow I pulled back to flare over the runway which resulted in a hard landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Single engine part 135 pilot experiences engine failure shortly after takeoff and lands straight ahead on the 8;600 ft departure runway. Takeoff was initiated with the fuel selector to the right wingtip tank which indicated low but should have contained sufficient fuel; a hard landing results.