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GA small aircraft landed short of runway when engine stopped on approach due to fuel starvation. Pilot was in a slip to lose altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 121251 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198908 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sba |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sba tower : crg |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 121251 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Coming from the east, I was making an approach to land on 15L at sba airport. I was instructed to stay left of the freeway. There was an aircraft at 800' north of the freeway. Seeing that I could not make a normal approach because I was too high, I slipped to base altitude. My engine stopped and I could not restart it, so I angled in toward the airport. Seeing I couldn't make the runway, I elected to land on the grass in front of the runways. There was no damage to the aircraft, nor injury to me. I restarted the engines and taxied to the parking area. I concluded that the left slip unported the fuel line and starved the engine of fuel. Don't slip an older small aircraft unless you have the runway made. I flew the airplane back to vny west/O incident. Frankly, sba doesn't need an arsa.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA SMA LANDED SHORT OF RWY WHEN ENGINE STOPPED ON APCH DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. PLT WAS IN A SLIP TO LOSE ALT.
Narrative: COMING FROM THE E, I WAS MAKING AN APCH TO LAND ON 15L AT SBA ARPT. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO STAY LEFT OF THE FREEWAY. THERE WAS AN ACFT AT 800' N OF THE FREEWAY. SEEING THAT I COULD NOT MAKE A NORMAL APCH BECAUSE I WAS TOO HIGH, I SLIPPED TO BASE ALT. MY ENG STOPPED AND I COULD NOT RESTART IT, SO I ANGLED IN TOWARD THE ARPT. SEEING I COULDN'T MAKE THE RWY, I ELECTED TO LAND ON THE GRASS IN FRONT OF THE RWYS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT, NOR INJURY TO ME. I RESTARTED THE ENGS AND TAXIED TO THE PARKING AREA. I CONCLUDED THAT THE LEFT SLIP UNPORTED THE FUEL LINE AND STARVED THE ENG OF FUEL. DON'T SLIP AN OLDER SMA UNLESS YOU HAVE THE RWY MADE. I FLEW THE AIRPLANE BACK TO VNY W/O INCIDENT. FRANKLY, SBA DOESN'T NEED AN ARSA.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.