Small aircraft biplane in circuit runs out of fuel and lands on road.

Attributes
ACN	145891
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 13nd
State Reference	ND
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	descent : approach other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 810
ASRS Report	145891
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Approach to landing, ran out of fuel 1/2 mi from runway. Turned to land on road. Left wing hit ground. Collapsed landing and broke propeller. No injuries. Poor fuel management. FAA was called to report incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA BIPLANE IN CIRCUIT RUNS OUT OF FUEL AND LANDS ON ROAD.

Narrative: APCH TO LNDG, RAN OUT OF FUEL 1/2 MI FROM RWY. TURNED TO LAND ON ROAD. LEFT WING HIT GND. COLLAPSED LNDG AND BROKE PROP. NO INJURIES. POOR FUEL MGMNT. FAA WAS CALLED TO RPT INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.