Training in progress in a PA-24. Fuel starvation creates forced landing on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	275608
Time
Date	199406
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mgj
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : csg
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	PA-24 Comanche
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	275608
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The student and I were in the pattern doing touch and go lndgs. During the takeoff from the third landing, the engine lost power at 200 ft AGL that forced a landing just past the end of the runway. The comanche has 1 fuel gauge for both wing tanks. There is a switch to have the single gauge show the fuel quantity of the left or right wing tank. The gauge can be reading the fuel in 1 tank as the fuel is being used from the other tank as set by the tank selector handle. This is how I believe we starved the engine of fuel during the circuits around the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRAINING IN PROGRESS IN A PA-24. FUEL STARVATION CREATES FORCED LNDG ON TKOF.

Narrative: THE STUDENT AND I WERE IN THE PATTERN DOING TOUCH AND GO LNDGS. DURING THE TKOF FROM THE THIRD LNDG, THE ENG LOST PWR AT 200 FT AGL THAT FORCED A LNDG JUST PAST THE END OF THE RWY. THE COMANCHE HAS 1 FUEL GAUGE FOR BOTH WING TANKS. THERE IS A SWITCH TO HAVE THE SINGLE GAUGE SHOW THE FUEL QUANTITY OF THE L OR R WING TANK. THE GAUGE CAN BE READING THE FUEL IN 1 TANK AS THE FUEL IS BEING USED FROM THE OTHER TANK AS SET BY THE TANK SELECTOR HANDLE. THIS IS HOW I BELIEVE WE STARVED THE ENG OF FUEL DURING THE CIRCUITS AROUND THE ARPT.

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.