What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(.4) According to the pilot, his intention was to fly one or two laps around the airport landing pattern, and his fuel distribution at departure was full auxiliary tanks, 10 gallons in the right main and 5 to 6 gallons in the left main. He took off with the fuel selector on the right main and twenty minutes later, on approach to the airport, the engine surged. He switched the fuel selector to an aux tank and switched on the boost pump, but could not regain power to the engine. He made a forced landing to a parking lot/driveway, damaging the airplane and a residential fence. The pilot characterized the occurrence as a case of running the tank dry at too low an altitude to switch tanks and regain engine power.
As the FAA filed it
(.4) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HIS INTENTION WAS TO FLY ONE OR TWO LAPS AROUND THE AIRPORT LANDING PATTERN, AND HIS FUEL DISTRIBUTION AT DEPARTURE WAS FULL AUXILIARY TANKS, 10 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT MAIN AND 5 TO 6 GALLONS IN THE LEFT MAIN. HE TOOK OFF WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR ON THE RIGHT MAIN AND TWENTY MINUTES LATER, ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE SURGED. HE SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO AN AUX TANK AND SWITCHED ON THE BOOST PUMP, BUT COULD NOT REGAIN POWER TO THE ENGINE. HE MADE A FORCED LANDING TO A PARKING LOT/DRIVEWAY, DAMAGING THE AIRPLANE AND A RESIDENTIAL FENCE. THE PILOT CHARACTERIZED THE OCCURRENCE AS A CASE OF RUNNING THE TANK DRY AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO SWITCH TANKS AND REGAIN ENGINE POWER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N6676V · 3
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