A piper cheyenne 3 flight crew reported engine failure in flight related to fuel exhaustion; even th...

Attributes
ACN	1298169
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-42 Cheyenne III/IIIA
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 5700 Flight Crew Type 200
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 9800 Flight Crew Type 2400
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

The day before the flight subject of this report; I received a phone call from company personnel advising me the left fuel gauge indication was accurate and the right fuel gauge indication was equal to the quantity shown on the left gauge. As a result of this information I added in extra fuel in my flight planning. On the last leg of the day; repositioning the aircraft back to home base I had been cleared to land. While on the left base turn; the right low fuel pressure light illuminated and the right engine lost power. I turned directly to the touch down zone while the pilot flying right seat secured the right engine and feathered the prop. I landed the aircraft; cleared the runway and was taxiing to the ramp when the left engine became sluggish and almost completely stopped. As it appeared the left engine would not continue to produce enough power to get the aircraft to the ramp; I advised the pilot operating the radio to advise the tower I would be shutting down the left engine as a precaution and we would need a tow into the ramp. After this call the left engine regained some responsiveness to the power input and I was able to continue to the ramp. At shut down the left gauge was indicating 500lbs of fuel and the right gauge was indicating 200 pounds.I believe inaccurate fuel gauges resulted in 700lbs reading when fuel was exhausted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Piper Cheyenne 3 flight crew reported engine failure in flight related to fuel exhaustion; even though the fuel gauges showed about 700 lbs of fuel on board.

Narrative: The day before the flight subject of this report; I received a phone call from company personnel advising me the left fuel gauge indication was accurate and the right fuel gauge indication was equal to the quantity shown on the left gauge. As a result of this information I added in extra fuel in my flight planning. On the last leg of the day; repositioning the aircraft back to home base I had been cleared to land. While on the left base turn; the right low fuel pressure light illuminated and the right engine lost power. I turned directly to the touch down zone while the pilot flying right seat secured the right engine and feathered the prop. I landed the aircraft; cleared the runway and was taxiing to the ramp when the left engine became sluggish and almost completely stopped. As it appeared the left engine would not continue to produce enough power to get the aircraft to the ramp; I advised the pilot operating the radio to advise the tower I would be shutting down the left engine as a precaution and we would need a tow into the ramp. After this call the left engine regained some responsiveness to the power input and I was able to continue to the ramp. At shut down the left gauge was indicating 500lbs of fuel and the right gauge was indicating 200 pounds.I believe inaccurate fuel gauges resulted in 700lbs reading when fuel was exhausted.

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.

A piper cheyenne 3 flight crew reported engine failure in flight related to fuel exhaustion; even though the fuel gauges showed about 700 lbs of fuel on board.