<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1262113, May 2015

A C182 pilot reported running out of fuel in flight resulting in a forced landing with no damage or injuries.

Attributes
ACN	1262113
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Quantity-Pressure Indication
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

Delivering a 182 for buyers inspection for a friend/student pilot. I followed him on the walk around & watched to help him get familiar w/the process. When he did the fuel visually he said the tanks were full. I did not check this. When I checked the gauge it did not show full but the owner's son said they were bad gauges. Uneventful flight till the confluence of [two] rivers; we ran out of gas. I made an off airport landing on a gravel bar. I was able to contact a friend to call ATC and let them know all's well and bring us fuel. There was no damage and after adding 20 gallons of gas we continued. I know now I should have checked the filler tops myself; I trusted that he could see fuel and he even showed fuel on his finger. I later see that this fuel system is quite different than my 185. Lesson learned.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C182 pilot reported running out of fuel in flight resulting in a forced landing with no damage or injuries.

Narrative: Delivering a 182 for buyers inspection for a friend/student pilot. I followed him on the walk around & watched to help him get familiar w/the process. When he did the fuel visually he said the tanks were full. I did not check this. When I checked the gauge it did not show full but the owner's son said they were bad gauges. Uneventful flight till the confluence of [two] rivers; we ran out of gas. I made an off airport landing on a gravel bar. I was able to contact a friend to call ATC and let them know all's well and bring us fuel. There was no damage and after adding 20 gallons of gas we continued. I know now I should have checked the filler tops myself; I trusted that he could see fuel and he even showed fuel on his finger. I later see that this fuel system is quite different than my 185. Lesson learned.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.