ATX PLT ON PIPELINE PATROL MAKES FORCED LNDG AFTER ENG QUITS.

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I PICKED UP THE PIPELINE N OF RHINELANDER APPROX AT MILE POST 450 AND CONTINUED E PATROLLING THE PIPELINE. I MADE A STOP AT PELLSTON TO USE THE RESTROOM. I DEPARTED PELLSTON CONTINUING DOWN THE LINE TO THE END AND STOPPED AT DETROIT CITY. I THEN LEFT DETROIT AND PROCEEDED N FOLLOWING THE PIPELINE. MY INTENTIONS WERE TO LAND AT PELLSTON FOR FUEL AND CHK THE WX; AND CONTINUE ON TO RHINELANDER. AS I GOT WITHIN RADIO RANGE; I CALLED PELLSTON UNICOM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WX WAS 500 FT AND 1-1/2 MI VISIBILITY; SO I TURNED BACK TOWARD GAYLORD; WHICH IS ABOUT 8 MI SE OF WHERE I WAS. I CALLED GAYLORD UNICOM FOR AN ADVISORY. AT THIS TIME THE MAN ON DUTY ASKED ME IF I NEEDED FUEL AND I SAID 'YES.' HE INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE OUT OF 100LL FUEL. I CONTINUED MY APCH AND LANDED. I WANTED TO GET THE LATEST WX SO I WAITED UNTIL AFTER THE HOUR TO CALL FLT SVC. WHILE ON THE GND AT GAYLORD; I CALLED MANISTIQUE ARPT TO SEE WHAT THE WX WAS LIKE THERE; BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER. WHEN I LEFT GAYLORD; I PROCEEDED N AND E SO I WOULD STAY OUT OF THE PELLSTON CTL ZONE. WHEN I CROSSED THE LAKE; THE WX WAS 1500-1600 FT AND 15 MI VISIBILITY. AS I CROSSED THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN THERE WERE SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES. THE REST OF THE TIME WAS GOOD VFR WX. WHEN THE ENG QUIT; I LOOKED DOWN AT THE FUEL GAUGES AND SAW THAT THEY WERE BOTH SHOWING EMPTY. I'M SURE THE SELECTOR VALVE WAS ON BOTH. BY THIS TIME; ALL YOU HAVE TIME TO DO IS PICK A FIELD AND LAND. I CAN REMEMBER TELLING MYSELF TO 'LEAVE THE GEAR UP; LEAVE THE GEAR UP' BECAUSE I KNEW THE SNOW WAS DEEP AND IF THE GEAR WERE DOWN; THE ACFT WOULD NOSE-OVER AND END UP ON IT'S BACK. AFTER THE ACFT STOPPED; I REMEMBER SHUTTING OFF THE SWITCHES AND GETTING OUT THE PAX DOOR BECAUSE THE ACFT WAS TIPPED WITH THE L WING LOW. I WALKED TO THE NEAREST HOUSE. I CALLED THE FAA IN GRAND RAPIDS AND TALKED TO AN INSPECTOR AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD OCCURRED; AND ANSWERED HIS QUESTIONS. IN SUMMARY; WITH THE NORMAL FUEL USE; I FIGURE THAT AT GAYLORD I HAD 81 GALLONS OF FUEL USED UP; WHICH WOULD LEAVE ABOUT 34 GALLONS USABLE FUEL REMAINING. I FEEL THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 17 GALLONS OF FUEL LEFT WHEN THE ENG QUIT. ACFT TOTAL FUEL IS 120 GALS. ALSO; WHEN ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM LNDG SITE REMAINING FUEL WAS MEASURED BY THE FAA GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE AND FOUND TO BE 17.8 GALLONS.