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Fuel exhaustion situation with small aircraft pilot making an emergency forced landing on grass strip operated by crop duster.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 250319 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199308 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fkn |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 3400 agl bound upper : 3400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 3070 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 250319 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Left aircraft overnight at airport. Someone stole fuel from tanks. Fuel gauges inaccurate, was using timing for amount of fuel left in tanks. Aircraft ran out of fuel approximately 1 hour premature. Landed aircraft at crop duster runway. No damage or injuries -- except for my pride. Should have some means of measuring fuel in tanks, just looking into tank no good. Too much stress was a factor I feel in this. I had experienced a death in my family 2 days earlier. No accurate means of measuring fuel in tanks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FUEL EXHAUSTION SIT WITH SMA PLT MAKING AN EMER FORCED LNDG ON GRASS STRIP OPERATED BY CROP DUSTER.
Narrative: LEFT ACFT OVERNIGHT AT ARPT. SOMEONE STOLE FUEL FROM TANKS. FUEL GAUGES INACCURATE, WAS USING TIMING FOR AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT IN TANKS. ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROX 1 HR PREMATURE. LANDED ACFT AT CROP DUSTER RWY. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES -- EXCEPT FOR MY PRIDE. SHOULD HAVE SOME MEANS OF MEASURING FUEL IN TANKS, JUST LOOKING INTO TANK NO GOOD. TOO MUCH STRESS WAS A FACTOR I FEEL IN THIS. I HAD EXPERIENCED A DEATH IN MY FAMILY 2 DAYS EARLIER. NO ACCURATE MEANS OF MEASURING FUEL IN TANKS.
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.