A commercial rated pilot flying a high wing single engine aircraft on a banner tow landed on the beach after the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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Attributes
ACN	434164
Time
Date	199904
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lgb.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lgb.tower
Operator	Other
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1200 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	434164
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Engine stopped due to fuel starvation. Landed on beach at belmont shore. No damage to aircraft or property or persons. Fueled aircraft and flew back to long beach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A COMMERCIAL RATED PLT FLYING A HIGH WING SINGLE ENG ACFT ON A BANNER TOW LANDED ON THE BEACH AFTER THE ENG QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Narrative: ENG STOPPED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. LANDED ON BEACH AT BELMONT SHORE. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT OR PROPERTY OR PERSONS. FUELED ACFT AND FLEW BACK TO LONG BEACH.

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.