Small transport X fuel exhaustion. Landed short of airport. Pilot deviation.

Attributes
ACN	220098
Time
Date	199209
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dls
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	enroute : direct enroute airway : zse
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	220098
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Small transport X en route to land the dalles (dls) airport ran out of fuel and landed short. I was controling him and advised him of other airports that he could land. He elected to go to the dls.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT X FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED SHORT OF ARPT. PLTDEV.

Narrative: SMT X ENRTE TO LAND THE DALLES (DLS) ARPT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED SHORT. I WAS CTLING HIM AND ADVISED HIM OF OTHER ARPTS THAT HE COULD LAND. HE ELECTED TO GO TO THE DLS.

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.