Narrative:

In sum: an small aircraft pilot landed off airport after fuel starvation. The reporting pilot had improperly fueled the aircraft under the direction of an instructor. The reporter and the instructor had flown a brief chkout flight. Several hours later, the reporter flew to another airport and back without refueling. The aircraft had not flown in between the reporter's 2 flts. Had the aircraft been properly fueled prior to the first flight, the aircraft would not have run out of fuel. The reporter declared an emergency and got help from hou approach and tower. The off airport landing produced no aircraft damage, injury, or damage to anything on the ground. After the incident, the reporter found that there were several paperwork discrepancies with the aircraft, a rental.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT PERFORMS AN OFF ARPT EMER LNDG WHEN HIS ENG QUITS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Narrative: IN SUM: AN SMA PLT LANDED OFF ARPT AFTER FUEL STARVATION. THE RPTING PLT HAD IMPROPERLY FUELED THE ACFT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN INSTRUCTOR. THE RPTR AND THE INSTRUCTOR HAD FLOWN A BRIEF CHKOUT FLT. SEVERAL HRS LATER, THE RPTR FLEW TO ANOTHER ARPT AND BACK WITHOUT REFUELING. THE ACFT HAD NOT FLOWN IN BTWN THE RPTR'S 2 FLTS. HAD THE ACFT BEEN PROPERLY FUELED PRIOR TO THE FIRST FLT, THE ACFT WOULD NOT HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE RPTR DECLARED AN EMER AND GOT HELP FROM HOU APCH AND TWR. THE OFF ARPT LNDG PRODUCED NO ACFT DAMAGE, INJURY, OR DAMAGE TO ANYTHING ON THE GND. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE RPTR FOUND THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PAPERWORK DISCREPANCIES WITH THE ACFT, A RENTAL.

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.