C172 pilot has fuel starvation. Lands on city street.

Attributes
ACN	562997
Time
Date	200210
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 17 flight time total : 154 flight time type : 35
ASRS Report	562997
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Flight was VFR riverside municipal to visalia, ca, and return flight was made without refueling with the belief that aircraft carried 48 gals with 8 gals an hour usage. Training in gals per hours use was in australia. Apparently australian cessna 172's get more time per tank of fuel. Aircraft was on descent into ZZZ1 airport when engine cut out at 2600 ft MSL. PIC selected a street as safest landing strip. Landing was without incident. Police attended. Appointment made with CFI for 1 hour class in fuel management training.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 PLT HAS FUEL STARVATION. LANDS ON CITY STREET.

Narrative: FLT WAS VFR RIVERSIDE MUNI TO VISALIA, CA, AND RETURN FLT WAS MADE WITHOUT REFUELING WITH THE BELIEF THAT ACFT CARRIED 48 GALS WITH 8 GALS AN HOUR USAGE. TRAINING IN GALS PER HRS USE WAS IN AUSTRALIA. APPARENTLY AUSTRALIAN CESSNA 172'S GET MORE TIME PER TANK OF FUEL. ACFT WAS ON DSCNT INTO ZZZ1 ARPT WHEN ENG CUT OUT AT 2600 FT MSL. PIC SELECTED A STREET AS SAFEST LNDG STRIP. LNDG WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. POLICE ATTENDED. APPOINTMENT MADE WITH CFI FOR 1 HR CLASS IN FUEL MGMNT TRAINING.

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.