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Attributes | |
ACN | 1287284 |
Time | |
Date | 201508 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach Landing |
Route In Use | Direct |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 4500 Flight Crew Type 3500 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
Upon landing; [my] engine quit on final and left runway without power and coasted to taxiway and could not reach non movement area of ramp before stopping. Exited aircraft and pushed 20 feet to island airways ramp. Aircraft was fueled and then taxied under own power to [FBO] ramp for auto pilot work.I had run right tank dry to make sure I would have the 15 gallons available according to fuel flow meter and tank gauge however both were erroneous which allowed the loss of power using the left tank. Upon reflection of the event it dawned on me that the fuel truck on the previous flight must not have topped off tank as I was not present at time of fueling and did not check visually as the total added meshed up with the amount listed on fuel flow gauge. Ironically this was the only time in years that I did not monitor fuel delivery as the fuel flow meter is good to the tenth of a gallon as long as you start with full tanks. I had forgot that I did not monitor the fueling [at departure airport] which led to my miscalculation of how much fuel I had for this trip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C210 pilot reported his engine quit on final from fuel starvation.
Narrative: Upon landing; [my] engine quit on final and left runway without power and coasted to taxiway and could not reach non movement area of ramp before stopping. Exited aircraft and pushed 20 feet to island airways ramp. Aircraft was fueled and then taxied under own power to [FBO] ramp for auto pilot work.I had run right tank dry to make sure I would have the 15 gallons available according to fuel flow meter and tank gauge however both were erroneous which allowed the loss of power using the left tank. Upon reflection of the event it dawned on me that the fuel truck on the previous flight must not have topped off tank as I was not present at time of fueling and did not check visually as the total added meshed up with the amount listed on fuel flow gauge. Ironically this was the only time in years that I did not monitor fuel delivery as the fuel flow meter is good to the tenth of a gallon as long as you start with full tanks. I had forgot that I did not monitor the fueling [at departure airport] which led to my miscalculation of how much fuel I had for this trip.
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.