What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot stated as follows-that at 25 miles out he switched to the right main tank. The pilot began preparing for decent to destination from a cruise altitude of 7500 feet. During decent at approximately 1 mile from runway the engine sputters and quits, he turns boost pump on and has no response, pushes throttle full forward and has no response. The pilot held best glide trying to make runway 17 but landed on the grass area short of the threshold, hit 5 ea. Short approach lights and 1 ea. Runway end marker light. The aircraft rolled up on the end of the runway with no injuries to any of the occupants.
The pilot then stated that he turned the boost pump on, it hesitates at 1-2 PSI then went to 15 PSI and engine started normally. The aircraft was then taxied to parking and airport manager was contacted.
Inspection of the aircraft revealed damage to the leading edge of 1 ea. Propeller blade, minor scrape to the RH side of nose gear strut housing, damage to belly skin areas between the wings, LH and RH aft edges of wheelwells had damage, LH flap outboard section damaged and damage to the lower side of RH stabilizer. Verified fuel tank quantities were noted as follows-rh main near full, LH main just below 1/2, LH aux near empty and RH aux near 1/4. No significant findings noted at this time.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT STATED AS FOLLOWS-THAT AT 25 MILES OUT HE SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT MAIN TANK. THE PILOT BEGAN PREPARING FOR DECENT TO DESTINATION FROM A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET. DURING DECENT AT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM RUNWAY THE ENGINE SPUTTERS AND QUITS, HE TURNS BOOST PUMP ON AND HAS NO RESPONSE, PUSHES THROTTLE FULL FORWARD AND HAS NO RESPONSE. THE PILOT HELD BEST GLIDE TRYING TO MAKE RUNWAY 17 BUT LANDED ON THE GRASS AREA SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD, HIT 5 EA. SHORT APPROACH LIGHTS AND 1 EA. RUNWAY END MARKER LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED UP ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS.
THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT HE TURNED THE BOOST PUMP ON, IT HESITATES AT 1-2 PSI THEN WENT TO 15 PSI AND ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TAXIED TO PARKING AND AIRPORT MANAGER WAS CONTACTED.
INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF 1 EA. PROPELLER BLADE, MINOR SCRAPE TO THE RH SIDE OF NOSE GEAR STRUT HOUSING, DAMAGE TO BELLY SKIN AREAS BETWEEN THE WINGS, LH AND RH AFT EDGES OF WHEELWELLS HAD DAMAGE, LH FLAP OUTBOARD SECTION DAMAGED AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SIDE OF RH STABILIZER. VERIFIED FUEL TANK QUANTITIES WERE NOTED AS FOLLOWS-RH MAIN NEAR FULL, LH MAIN JUST BELOW 1/2, LH AUX NEAR EMPTY AND RH AUX NEAR 1/4. NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS NOTED AT THIS TIME.
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