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C150 pilot reported a loss of engine power on short final due to fuel exhaustion that resulted in a dead-stick landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1450668 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 80 Flight Crew Type 65 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
On short final after a 3.4 hour cross-country flight the engine quit. [ATC was advised] and pilot safely operated an engine failure landing on runway; vacating the runway as well. Engine failure was due to faulty fuel gauge indicating aircraft had adequate fuel present when fuel starvation occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C150 pilot reported a loss of engine power on short final due to fuel exhaustion that resulted in a dead-stick landing.
Narrative: On short final after a 3.4 hour cross-country flight the engine quit. [ATC was advised] and pilot safely operated an engine failure landing on runway; vacating the runway as well. Engine failure was due to faulty fuel gauge indicating aircraft had adequate fuel present when fuel starvation occurred.
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.