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A PA-28 engine quit because of fuel starvation forcing an off airport landing after the student pilot selected the crossfeed to close because that aircraft had no selector detent before the off position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1070963 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201302 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Selector |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 2100 Flight Crew Type 7900 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 85 Flight Crew Type 30 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
[We] executed an off airport landing due to fuel exhaustion from the fuel selector valve being inadvertently turned off by the student pilot. The fuel selector valve had no detent to prevent such a situation. Engine power was lost and a decision to execute an off airport landing was made as the airport was beyond glide distance for the aircraft. Executed an uneventful off airport landing and that is when I noted the fuel selector valve was in the off position after securing the aircraft. No attempt to restart on my part because the lack of altitude and confirmed landing site.student pilots accustomed to a previous flown cherokee with the detent feature that wasn't found in this model; my complacency believing that the student knew the fuel selector positions. My inaction to verify the selector valve was in the correct position after the switch.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA-28 engine quit because of fuel starvation forcing an off airport landing after the student pilot selected the crossfeed to CLOSE because that aircraft had no selector detent before the OFF position.
Narrative: [We] executed an off airport landing due to fuel exhaustion from the fuel selector valve being inadvertently turned off by the student pilot. The fuel selector valve had no detent to prevent such a situation. Engine power was lost and a decision to execute an off airport landing was made as the airport was beyond glide distance for the aircraft. Executed an uneventful off airport landing and that is when I noted the fuel selector valve was in the off position after securing the aircraft. No attempt to restart on my part because the lack of altitude and confirmed landing site.Student pilots accustomed to a previous flown Cherokee with the detent feature that wasn't found in this model; my complacency believing that the student knew the fuel selector positions. My inaction to verify the selector valve was in the correct position after the switch.
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.