<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1101709, July 2013

At-6 pilot reports possible fuel starvation at 4;500 feet and after switching tanks; turns toward a nearby airport. The wobble pump is used during approach and the engine resumes normal operation; but the approach is continued to landing.

Attributes
ACN	1101709
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Texan T6/Harvard (Antique)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Selector
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Sea
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 1100 Flight Crew Type 60
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

I was on a return trip in a north american at-6 when my engine coughed. I immediately looked down to switch my fuel selector from left reserve to the right tank; the fuel selector was on left; not left reserve. I also saw that I had plenty of fuel in the left tank. Once on the right tank; I began using the manual wobble pump. After several pumps and no response; I declared an emergency; and turned for ZZZ; which was directly off of my wing. Once in contact with tower; having gotten the gear down and established on a safe approach; I resumed manual wobble pump. On final the engine resumed; and I landed safely. I was able to taxi to the FBO under my own power.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT-6 pilot reports possible fuel starvation at 4;500 feet and after switching tanks; turns toward a nearby airport. The wobble pump is used during approach and the engine resumes normal operation; but the approach is continued to landing.

Narrative: I was on a return trip in a North American AT-6 when my engine coughed. I immediately looked down to switch my fuel selector from left reserve to the right tank; the fuel selector was on left; not left reserve. I also saw that I had plenty of fuel in the left tank. Once on the right tank; I began using the manual wobble pump. After several pumps and no response; I declared an emergency; and turned for ZZZ; which was directly off of my wing. Once in contact with Tower; having gotten the gear down and established on a safe approach; I resumed manual wobble pump. On final the engine resumed; and I landed safely. I was able to taxi to the FBO under my own power.

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.