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BE95 instructor with student has engine failure due to switch to wrong tank. Forced landing on airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 342030 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tlh |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : tlh |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Travelair 95 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 1600 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 342030 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Flight instructing in a multi-engine airplane I failed to notice my student had switched 2 out of 4 tanks to low fuel cells. The left engine failed as a result of fuel starvation and the only safe action was to feather the dead engine and land. The engine failed during a go around and the tower was notified of the single engine situation. No emergency was declared, no property or persons were injured.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE95 INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT HAS ENG FAILURE DUE TO SWITCH TO WRONG TANK. FORCED LNDG ON ARPT.
Narrative: FLT INSTRUCTING IN A MULTI-ENG AIRPLANE I FAILED TO NOTICE MY STUDENT HAD SWITCHED 2 OUT OF 4 TANKS TO LOW FUEL CELLS. THE L ENG FAILED AS A RESULT OF FUEL STARVATION AND THE ONLY SAFE ACTION WAS TO FEATHER THE DEAD ENG AND LAND. THE ENG FAILED DURING A GAR AND THE TWR WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SINGLE ENG SIT. NO EMER WAS DECLARED, NO PROPERTY OR PERSONS WERE INJURED.
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.