<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1019401, June 2012

A light sport aircraft pilot ran out of fuel on a 48 mile flight and conducted a safe off airport landing on a highway where he was given 91 octane fuel to complete his trip.

Attributes
ACN	1019401
Time
Date	201206
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Sport Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 17 Flight Crew Total 245 Flight Crew Type 220
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

Flying a 48 NM flight; I encountered 20 knot headwinds and had fuel exhaustion. I had to force land on a highway. Local travelers provided me with 4 gallons of 91 octane and I flew to my destination. There I filled the plane with 100LL and returned to my departure airport.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A light sport aircraft pilot ran out of fuel on a 48 mile flight and conducted a safe off airport landing on a highway where he was given 91 octane fuel to complete his trip.

Narrative: Flying a 48 NM flight; I encountered 20 knot headwinds and had fuel exhaustion. I had to force land on a highway. Local travelers provided me with 4 gallons of 91 octane and I flew to my destination. There I filled the plane with 100LL and returned to my departure airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.