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Instructor pilot declared an emergency on the last leg of a dual cross country training flight resulting in a dead stick landing on a taxiway at the destination airport. Fuel available at last stop was miscalculated and the aircraft burned fuel at a higher rate than expected.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 402718 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ryn |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4500 msl bound upper : 4500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ryn tower : saf |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent other other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 402718 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Approaching ryan airport after cross country, about to enter downwind, just after pre-landing check the aircraft engine quit. I declared an emergency when restart failed, was given clearance from the tower, made the glide to a downwind landing on the taxiway. The aircraft was nearly out of fuel so I misjudged the fuel I had before takeoff and the actual burn rate was more than calculated. Human performance was excellent (post planning) and I will therefore not takeoff in this aircraft with less than full fuel and will obviously calculate fuel burn at a higher rate under similar conditions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT DECLARED AN EMER ON THE LAST LEG OF A DUAL XCOUNTRY TRAINING FLT RESULTING IN A DEAD STICK LNDG ON A TXWY AT THE DEST ARPT. FUEL AVAILABLE AT LAST STOP WAS MISCALCULATED AND THE ACFT BURNED FUEL AT A HIGHER RATE THAN EXPECTED.
Narrative: APCHING RYAN ARPT AFTER XCOUNTRY, ABOUT TO ENTER DOWNWIND, JUST AFTER PRE-LNDG CHK THE ACFT ENG QUIT. I DECLARED AN EMER WHEN RESTART FAILED, WAS GIVEN CLRNC FROM THE TWR, MADE THE GLIDE TO A DOWNWIND LNDG ON THE TXWY. THE ACFT WAS NEARLY OUT OF FUEL SO I MISJUDGED THE FUEL I HAD BEFORE TKOF AND THE ACTUAL BURN RATE WAS MORE THAN CALCULATED. HUMAN PERFORMANCE WAS EXCELLENT (POST PLANNING) AND I WILL THEREFORE NOT TKOF IN THIS ACFT WITH LESS THAN FULL FUEL AND WILL OBVIOUSLY CALCULATE FUEL BURN AT A HIGHER RATE UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS.
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.