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Both engines failing account fuel starvation caused forced night landing off airport. Landed gear up account terrain, no injuries, aircraft damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 148743 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199006 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jkl |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : btr |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 450 |
| ASRS Report | 148743 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
En route we deviation for WX. Decided to close flight plan and refuel before destination. Vectored to airport but FBO was closed. Decided to fly to nearby airport; fuel available. Fuel gauges showed 1/4 tanks. During cruise experienced engine failure on left side. X-feed on we resumed cruise with ATC vectors to land. Then both engines failed. Tried to restart. No success. Executed forced landing in mountains, at night with fog. I kept gear up due to rough terrain. All 4 passengers were not injured. The aircraft had minor damage to propellers and belly. I believe that the inaccurate fuel gauges and a diversion around WX were the cause of the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BOTH ENGINES FAILING ACCOUNT FUEL STARVATION CAUSED FORCED NIGHT LNDG OFF ARPT. LANDED GEAR UP ACCOUNT TERRAIN, NO INJURIES, ACFT DAMAGED.
Narrative: ENRTE WE DEV FOR WX. DECIDED TO CLOSE FLT PLAN AND REFUEL BEFORE DEST. VECTORED TO ARPT BUT FBO WAS CLOSED. DECIDED TO FLY TO NEARBY ARPT; FUEL AVAILABLE. FUEL GAUGES SHOWED 1/4 TANKS. DURING CRUISE EXPERIENCED ENG FAILURE ON L SIDE. X-FEED ON WE RESUMED CRUISE WITH ATC VECTORS TO LAND. THEN BOTH ENGS FAILED. TRIED TO RESTART. NO SUCCESS. EXECUTED FORCED LNDG IN MOUNTAINS, AT NIGHT WITH FOG. I KEPT GEAR UP DUE TO ROUGH TERRAIN. ALL 4 PAXS WERE NOT INJURED. THE ACFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPS AND BELLY. I BELIEVE THAT THE INACCURATE FUEL GAUGES AND A DIVERSION AROUND WX WERE THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT.
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.