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Small aircraft twin declared emergency due to fuel exhaustion. Controller gives flight assist to nearby airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 261849 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199401 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 61b airport : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6500 msl bound upper : 6500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : las |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 765 flight time type : 101 |
| ASRS Report | 261849 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Inadequate preflight fuel planning and unexpected headwinds contributed to incident. Started losing power due to fuel exhaustion about 15-20 mi east of mccarran airport. Declared emergency. Controller recommended diverting to boulder city airport. Had sufficient fuel remaining to make landing at boulder city airport. Engine quit as I was turning onto taxiway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA TWIN DECLARED EMER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. CTLR GIVES FLT ASSIST TO NEARBY ARPT.
Narrative: INADEQUATE PREFLT FUEL PLANNING AND UNEXPECTED HEADWINDS CONTRIBUTED TO INCIDENT. STARTED LOSING PWR DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION ABOUT 15-20 MI E OF MCCARRAN ARPT. DECLARED EMER. CTLR RECOMMENDED DIVERTING TO BOULDER CITY ARPT. HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL REMAINING TO MAKE LNDG AT BOULDER CITY ARPT. ENG QUIT AS I WAS TURNING ONTO TXWY.
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.