<< >> NASA ASRS Report 200532, January 1992

Fuel exhaustion causes small aircraft pilot to land short of destination airport in an off airport landing.

Attributes
ACN	200532
Time
Date	199201
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : s03
State Reference	OR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 4500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other landing other other
Route In Use	approach : straight in
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 33 flight time total : 2204 flight time type : 172
ASRS Report	200532
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Intended 30 min local flight to exercise aircraft engine. Starboard fuel tank approximately, 25 gallons, port fuel tank approximately, 6 gallons. Fuel consumption average 15 gph. Returning to ashland airport while on right fuel tank, engine became rough. Switched fuel to left tank. Engine smoothed out. Continued flight to ashland for straight-in approach to ashland runway 12. While on final approach, engine quit due to probable lack of fuel in left tank. Continued final approach. Touched down in new vineyard and rolled 100 ft to runway 12 tarmac. Aircraft struck posts supporting vineyard pvc sprinkler water pipes. There was no major damage. Continued on runway approximately 150 ft and steered aircraft off active runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSES SMA PLT TO LAND SHORT OF DEST ARPT IN AN OFF ARPT LNDG.

Narrative: INTENDED 30 MIN LCL FLT TO EXERCISE ACFT ENG. STARBOARD FUEL TANK APPROX, 25 GALLONS, PORT FUEL TANK APPROX, 6 GALLONS. FUEL CONSUMPTION AVERAGE 15 GPH. RETURNING TO ASHLAND ARPT WHILE ON R FUEL TANK, ENG BECAME ROUGH. SWITCHED FUEL TO L TANK. ENG SMOOTHED OUT. CONTINUED FLT TO ASHLAND FOR STRAIGHT-IN APCH TO ASHLAND RWY 12. WHILE ON FINAL APCH, ENG QUIT DUE TO PROBABLE LACK OF FUEL IN L TANK. CONTINUED FINAL APCH. TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW VINEYARD AND ROLLED 100 FT TO RWY 12 TARMAC. ACFT STRUCK POSTS SUPPORTING VINEYARD PVC SPRINKLER WATER PIPES. THERE WAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE. CONTINUED ON RWY APPROX 150 FT AND STEERED ACFT OFF ACTIVE RWY.

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.