CARGO FLT HAS LOW FUEL PROBLEM. SHUTS DOWN R ENG AS FUEL EXHAUSTED. BLOWS TIRES ON LNDG.

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SITUATION - FUEL STARVATION. CAUSE - POOR PLANNING BY PIC. REMEDY - IN THE FUTURE I'LL NOT MAKE FUEL CALCULATIONS BASED ON FUEL GAUGE INDICATIONS. SINCE FUEL LEVEL IN AN SMT CANNOT BE ACCURATELY MEASURED BY VISUALLY LOOKING INTO THE FUEL TANK; I'LL DOCUMENT FUEL USED BY TIME FLOWN MULTIPLIED BY A GENEROUS FUEL FLOW ESTIMATE. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN SATURDAY FROM OAK TO AUN TO TVL; IT REMAINED AT TVL FOR THE WEEKEND. I WAS PIC OF THE SATURDAY FLT. MONDAY EVENING; I ARR AT THE ACFT; GAVE IT A QUICK PREFLT; NOTED THE FUEL INDICATIONS ON THE FUEL GAUGE WERE BETTER THAN HALF TANKS; WHICH GAVE ME PLENTY OF FUEL FOR THE HOUR AND 20 MIN FLT FROM TVL; TO RNO; TO OAK. THE WX WAS VFR. I LOADED THE ACFT AND FLEW TO RNO FOR A QUICK TURN. MINS LATER I WAS AIRBORNE FOR OAK. I'D FORGOTTEN THAT THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY I HAD SPENT AN ADDITIONAL 40 MINS FLYING BTWN AUN; 051; AND MYV; LOOKING FOR A WAY INTO EITHER ARPT. ALL 3 WERE IFR; I WAS HEADED FOR MYV WHEN AUN RPTED CLR SKIES; AND I RETURNED TO AUN. WITH 40 MINS OF FUEL BURNED OUT OF THE MAIN TANKS; I DECIDED TO RUN ON THE AUX TANKS TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF MY FUEL SITUATION. I RAN ON THEM FOR ALMOST 23 MINS UNTIL THE LOW FUEL LIGHTS CAME ON; THEN SWITCHED TO THE MAINS FOR THE DURATION OF MY FLT TO OAK. OAK TWR CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 29 AND ASKED ME TO OBSERVE THE APCH LIGHTS; HE WAS GOING TO VARY THEIR INTENSITY. AT THAT INSTANT THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE R TANK. I WAS IN A BETTER POS FOR RWY 27L; THE FUEL PORT MUST HAVE UNCOVERED; CAUSE THE ENG FAILED. I FEATHERED THE R ENG; MADE A SINGLE ENG APCH AND LNDG ON 27L; BUT IN THE EXCITEMENT I WAS PUSHING ON THE TOPS OF THE RUDDER PEDALS; WHICH LOCKED THE BRAKES; AND AS A RESULT I BLEW 2 MAIN TIRES. I REMAINED ON THE RWY WITH TWR PERMISSION UNTIL MAINT OK'D THE ACFT FOR TAXI; AND A TUG PULLED ME CLR OF THE RWY FOR REPAIRS.