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Beech B95 pilot reported a safe landing followed an inflight engine failure related to fuel mismanagement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1760269 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Travelair 95 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
Upon entering a right turn to return to airport the left engine lost power and shut down. I feathered the engine and proceeded towards [the airport]. Landing was uneventful. No injuries or damage to the aircraft. The reason of the engine failure is probably fuel starvation due to me thinking fuel in the aux tank as part of main tank fuel; total fuel showed 6 gallons (40-45 minutes at cruise power) had I changed tanks the engine probably would have restarted. I wasn't sure that that was absolutely the problem so I feathered and proceeded to [the airport].
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Beech B95 pilot reported a safe landing followed an inflight engine failure related to fuel mismanagement.
Narrative: Upon entering a right turn to return to airport the left engine lost power and shut down. I feathered the engine and proceeded towards [the airport]. Landing was uneventful. No injuries or damage to the aircraft. The reason of the engine failure is probably fuel starvation due to me thinking fuel in the aux tank as part of main tank fuel; total fuel showed 6 gallons (40-45 minutes at cruise power) Had I changed tanks the engine probably would have restarted. I wasn't sure that that was absolutely the problem so I feathered and proceeded to [the airport].
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.