PVT PLT HAS ENG FAILURE AND MADE OFF ARPT FORCED LNDG IN AN SMA SEL ACII2 TYPE ACFT.

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20 MINS REMAINING TO LAND AT CLOVER FIELD. SWITCHED TANKS. NO PICKUP ON FUEL; ENG DIED. ATTEMPTED RESTART (3500 FT). PERFORMED EMER PROCS. LANDED IN FIELD. ENCOUNTERED 18 INCH BERM. FOLDED NOSE GEAR. ABRUPT STOP. TAKEN AWAY BY EMS. 1 PAX REQUIRED STITCHES. NEXT DAY INVESTIGATION REVEALED FUEL IN BOTH TANKS. PREFLT CALCULATIONS FOR FUEL CONFIRMED ACCURATE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT INVESTIGATIONS BY MECH AND FAA DID NOT FIND ANY CAUSE FOR ENG FAILURE. SUFFICIENT FUEL WAS FOUND IN BOTH FUEL TANKS; THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATION FOUND IN THE FUEL OR FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYS OR ANY IGNITION PROB WITH THE ENG. THE ACFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROP DURING THE FORCE LNDG. THERE WERE MINOR CUTS TO 1 OF THE PAX. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD SWITCHED FUEL TANKS THINKING THAT THE ONE WAS MAYBE TOO LOW TO FEED FUEL TO THE ENG WHEN THE ENG QUIT AND RESTART ATTEMPTS WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE ACFT WAS AN AERO COMMANDER; ACII2; WITH A FUEL INJECTED 200 HP ENG.