What happened
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Acft lost engine power, attempted landing on levy Florida county road 347. (.4) according to the pilot, approximately two hours and 50 minutes into the cross country flight at 1500 feet MSL, the fuel gauges indicated low fuel in the right tank and half fuel in the left tank. Approximately ten minutes later, the airplane lost manifold pressure with the fuel gauges indicating empty for the right tank and half fuel for the left tank. The pilot elected to land on a rural road. The airplane nosed over and came to a rest inverted substantially damaging the airplane. Examination of the wreckage revealed little evidence of fuel and revealed that the fuel line from the firewall to the input side of the gascolator was cracked.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT LOST ENGINE POWER, ATTEMPTED LANDING ON LEVY FLORIDA COUNTY ROAD 347. (.4) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AND 50 MINUTES INTO THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AT 1500 FEET MSL, THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED LOW FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK AND HALF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER, THE AIRPLANE LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE WITH THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATING EMPTY FOR THE RIGHT TANK AND HALF FUEL FOR THE LEFT TANK. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON A RURAL ROAD. THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO A REST INVERTED SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRPLANE. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED LITTLE EVIDENCE OF FUEL AND REVEALED THAT THE FUEL LINE FROM THE FIREWALL TO THE INPUT SIDE OF THE GASCOLATOR WAS CRACKED.
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