Charter pilot switched fuel boost pumps versus landing light. Engine stopped as turning off runway.

Attributes
ACN	209324
Time
Date	199205
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : aus
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 271 flight time total : 1890
ASRS Report	209324
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was on short final on a visual approach to runway 13R at austin robert mueller and inadvertently switched on the fuel boost pumps to high (up position) and not the landing lights as intended. As I turned off the runway 13R the engines quit. The problem was discovered when the engines quit, although I was clear of the runway, I was not past the hold short lines. I informed the tower of this. I believe the factors contributing to this situation were unfamiliar aircraft. I had been flying a model X most of the time, this was a model Y. The landing lights and fuel boost pumps are reversed on the 2 aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CHARTER PLT SWITCHED FUEL BOOST PUMPS VERSUS LNDG LIGHT. ENG STOPPED AS TURNING OFF RWY.

Narrative: I WAS ON SHORT FINAL ON A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 13R AT AUSTIN ROBERT MUELLER AND INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMPS TO HIGH (UP POS) AND NOT THE LNDG LIGHTS AS INTENDED. AS I TURNED OFF THE RWY 13R THE ENGS QUIT. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE ENGS QUIT, ALTHOUGH I WAS CLR OF THE RWY, I WAS NOT PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINES. I INFORMED THE TWR OF THIS. I BELIEVE THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS SITUATION WERE UNFAMILIAR ACFT. I HAD BEEN FLYING A MODEL X MOST OF THE TIME, THIS WAS A MODEL Y. THE LNDG LIGHTS AND FUEL BOOST PUMPS ARE REVERSED ON THE 2 ACFT.

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.