Small aircraft pilot performs an off airport emergency landing when his engine quits due to fuel exh...

Attributes
ACN	246225
Time
Date	199307
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : hou
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : hou tower : hou
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other landing other other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 3 flight time total : 103 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	246225
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

In sum: an small aircraft pilot landed off airport after fuel starvation. The reporting pilot had improperly fueled the aircraft under the direction of an instructor. The reporter and the instructor had flown a brief chkout flight. Several hours later, the reporter flew to another airport and back without refueling. The aircraft had not flown in between the reporter's 2 flts. Had the aircraft been properly fueled prior to the first flight, the aircraft would not have run out of fuel. The reporter declared an emergency and got help from hou approach and tower. The off airport landing produced no aircraft damage, injury, or damage to anything on the ground. After the incident, the reporter found that there were several paperwork discrepancies with the aircraft, a rental.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT PERFORMS AN OFF ARPT EMER LNDG WHEN HIS ENG QUITS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Narrative: IN SUM: AN SMA PLT LANDED OFF ARPT AFTER FUEL STARVATION. THE RPTING PLT HAD IMPROPERLY FUELED THE ACFT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN INSTRUCTOR. THE RPTR AND THE INSTRUCTOR HAD FLOWN A BRIEF CHKOUT FLT. SEVERAL HRS LATER, THE RPTR FLEW TO ANOTHER ARPT AND BACK WITHOUT REFUELING. THE ACFT HAD NOT FLOWN IN BTWN THE RPTR'S 2 FLTS. HAD THE ACFT BEEN PROPERLY FUELED PRIOR TO THE FIRST FLT, THE ACFT WOULD NOT HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE RPTR DECLARED AN EMER AND GOT HELP FROM HOU APCH AND TWR. THE OFF ARPT LNDG PRODUCED NO ACFT DAMAGE, INJURY, OR DAMAGE TO ANYTHING ON THE GND. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE RPTR FOUND THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PAPERWORK DISCREPANCIES WITH THE ACFT, A RENTAL.

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.

Small aircraft pilot performs an off airport emergency landing when his engine quits due to fuel exhaustion.