Instructor pilot with trainee made forced landing soon after touch-and-go landing due the engine qui...

Attributes
ACN	423520
Time
Date	199812
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lns
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Yankee
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 400 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 75
ASRS Report	423520
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

This incident occurred at the end of a less than 2 hour flight. We had done some airwork for approximately 1 hour 30 mins and returned to the airport of departure to practice some takeoffs and lndgs. After the second touch-and-go the engine failed during the turn from upwind to crosswind leg at approximately 3400 ft AGL. I took the controls from the less experienced pilot and landed the aircraft in a harvested cornfield short of the runway on airport property. The aircraft sustained damage that was limited to the wheel pants on both main gear. The aircraft was pulled by hand from the field and returned to the airport property. Later investigation revealed that the fuel tank that we were operating from had run dry. The other tank had adequate fuel to continue the flight. We had both agreed to operate the flight in this manner. Fuel usage would be: 30 mins out of the right tank, 1 hour out of the left tank, and so on. I did not maintain adequate awareness of our time and as such, ran the tank dry. The grumman AA1-C holds 11 gallons usable fuel in each tank and has a lyc 0-235 engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT WITH TRAINEE MADE FORCED LNDG SOON AFTER TOUCH-AND-GO LNDG DUE THE ENG QUITTING BECAUSE OF FUEL STARVATION. CAUSE DUE TO FUEL MISMGMNT. THE ACFT WHEEL PANTS RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

Narrative: THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE END OF A LESS THAN 2 HR FLT. WE HAD DONE SOME AIRWORK FOR APPROX 1 HR 30 MINS AND RETURNED TO THE ARPT OF DEP TO PRACTICE SOME TKOFS AND LNDGS. AFTER THE SECOND TOUCH-AND-GO THE ENG FAILED DURING THE TURN FROM UPWIND TO XWIND LEG AT APPROX 3400 FT AGL. I TOOK THE CTLS FROM THE LESS EXPERIENCED PLT AND LANDED THE ACFT IN A HARVESTED CORNFIELD SHORT OF THE RWY ON ARPT PROPERTY. THE ACFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE THAT WAS LIMITED TO THE WHEEL PANTS ON BOTH MAIN GEAR. THE ACFT WAS PULLED BY HAND FROM THE FIELD AND RETURNED TO THE ARPT PROPERTY. LATER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANK THAT WE WERE OPERATING FROM HAD RUN DRY. THE OTHER TANK HAD ADEQUATE FUEL TO CONTINUE THE FLT. WE HAD BOTH AGREED TO OPERATE THE FLT IN THIS MANNER. FUEL USAGE WOULD BE: 30 MINS OUT OF THE R TANK, 1 HR OUT OF THE L TANK, AND SO ON. I DID NOT MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AWARENESS OF OUR TIME AND AS SUCH, RAN THE TANK DRY. THE GRUMMAN AA1-C HOLDS 11 GALLONS USABLE FUEL IN EACH TANK AND HAS A LYC 0-235 ENG.

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.

Instructor pilot with trainee made forced landing soon after touch-and-go landing due the engine quitting because of fuel starvation. Cause due to fuel mismgmnt. The aircraft wheel pants received minor damage.