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A commercial rated pilot flying a high wing single engine aircraft on a banner tow landed on the beach after the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 434164 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lgb.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lgb.tower |
| Operator | Other |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1200 flight time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 434164 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Engine stopped due to fuel starvation. Landed on beach at belmont shore. No damage to aircraft or property or persons. Fueled aircraft and flew back to long beach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL RATED PLT FLYING A HIGH WING SINGLE ENG ACFT ON A BANNER TOW LANDED ON THE BEACH AFTER THE ENG QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.
Narrative: ENG STOPPED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. LANDED ON BEACH AT BELMONT SHORE. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT OR PROPERTY OR PERSONS. FUELED ACFT AND FLEW BACK TO LONG BEACH.
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.