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Pilot of cessna 305A gets to practice dead stick landing after taking off on nearly empty tank, experiencing engine failure, and forgetting to select the other fuel tank, which was full.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 596287 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 0pa0.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 2000 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | Other |
| Make Model Name | Bird Dog 305/321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 140 |
| ASRS Report | 596287 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I had a fuel management engine outage in our club tow plane 2000 ft AGL 2 mi south of the field. I made a dead-stick landing on runway 7. The L-19 suffered no damage and performed tow duty for the rest of the day. I think the major issue was that I failed to use the written cockpit checklist for the preflight or for any of the takeoff/letdown operations. I got to the airport a little late and did the preflight/run-up from memory. The written checklist idents fuel management and emergency procedures which I did not completely perform. Ie, although I turned on the electrical fuel pump, I did not switch the fuel selector to the other (full) tank. I assumed I had a mechanical or other failure and focused on performing the engine-out landing. Utilizing checklists, even in relatively simple aircraft, is the known corrective action here.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF CESSNA 305A GETS TO PRACTICE DEAD STICK LNDG AFTER TAKING OFF ON NEARLY EMPTY TANK, EXPERIENCING ENG FAILURE, AND FORGETTING TO SELECT THE OTHER FUEL TANK, WHICH WAS FULL.
Narrative: I HAD A FUEL MGMNT ENG OUTAGE IN OUR CLUB TOW PLANE 2000 FT AGL 2 MI S OF THE FIELD. I MADE A DEAD-STICK LNDG ON RWY 7. THE L-19 SUFFERED NO DAMAGE AND PERFORMED TOW DUTY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. I THINK THE MAJOR ISSUE WAS THAT I FAILED TO USE THE WRITTEN COCKPIT CHKLIST FOR THE PREFLT OR FOR ANY OF THE TKOF/LETDOWN OPS. I GOT TO THE ARPT A LITTLE LATE AND DID THE PREFLT/RUN-UP FROM MEMORY. THE WRITTEN CHKLIST IDENTS FUEL MGMNT AND EMER PROCS WHICH I DID NOT COMPLETELY PERFORM. IE, ALTHOUGH I TURNED ON THE ELECTRICAL FUEL PUMP, I DID NOT SWITCH THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE OTHER (FULL) TANK. I ASSUMED I HAD A MECHANICAL OR OTHER FAILURE AND FOCUSED ON PERFORMING THE ENG-OUT LNDG. UTILIZING CHKLISTS, EVEN IN RELATIVELY SIMPLE ACFT, IS THE KNOWN CORRECTIVE ACTION HERE.
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.