Wilga 80 pilot reports exhausting fuel in one tank and being unable to restart the engine when fuel is switched to the remaining tank. An off airport landing is undertaken resulting in propeller damage.

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Attributes
ACN	1088641
Time
Date	201305
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 6500 Flight Crew Type 52
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

Ran out of fuel in 1 tank; switched tanks could not get engine started. Initiated a precautionary landing in a field. Upon landing did not flare enough on the round out and struck wooden prop. Caused delaminating of wood on 1 blade of prop.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Wilga 80 pilot reports exhausting fuel in one tank and being unable to restart the engine when fuel is switched to the remaining tank. An off airport landing is undertaken resulting in propeller damage.

Narrative: Ran out of fuel in 1 tank; switched tanks could not get engine started. Initiated a precautionary landing in a field. Upon landing did not flare enough on the round out and struck wooden prop. Caused delaminating of wood on 1 blade of prop.

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.