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Experimental aircraft pilot reported landing on a public road due to fuel starvation related to inaccurate fuel quantity gauges.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1518873 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 547 Flight Crew Type 47 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
New aircraft to me; [inaccurate] gauges. Fuel starvation; engine cut out. Landed on state road. No damage; no injuries. Fuel delivered; state personnel assisted in traffic control; took off and headed home. Will have instruments calibrated for fuel flow and levels.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Experimental aircraft pilot reported landing on a public road due to fuel starvation related to inaccurate fuel quantity gauges.
Narrative: New aircraft to me; [inaccurate] gauges. Fuel starvation; engine cut out. Landed on state road. No damage; no injuries. Fuel delivered; state personnel assisted in traffic control; took off and headed home. Will have instruments calibrated for fuel flow and levels.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.