ENG QUITS FROM FUEL STARVATION.

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WHILE EXECUTING MISSED APCH ENG FAILED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION ON R TIP TANK OF PIPER CHEROKEE 6 (PA32-300). THIS ACFT HAS 4 SEPARATE TANKS L TIP; L MAIN; R MAIN; R TIP. DISCUSSION WAS MADE WITH STUDENT BEFORE FLT ABOUT FUEL MGMNT ON THIS TYPE. THIS WAS NOT ADHERED TO. SUCH AS 1/2 HR INCREMENTS TO BAL FUEL LOAD. APCH WAS CONDUCTED ON R TIP WHICH WAS ABOUT DRY ON FINAL. LNDG CHKLIST WAS NOT PERFORMED -- 'FUEL FULLEST TANK; FUEL PUMP ON ETC.' IT TOOK SEVERAL SECONDS FOR RESTART TO OCCUR AFTER SWITCHING TANKS AND FUEL PUMP (AUX) ON. OPERATORS OF THE FUEL INJECTED VERSION OF CHEROKEE 6 WILL BE SURPRISED AT LENGTH OF RESTART WHEREAS CARBURETED VERSIONS USUALLY RESTART INSTANTANEOUSLY UPON SWITCHING TANKS. THIS PROB WILL LIKELY RECUR UNLESS PLTS OF CHEROKEE 6 ADOPT A VERY DISCIPLINED FUEL MGMNT PROGRAM. SUGGESTED AS FOLLOWS: 1ST 1/2 HR L MAINT 2ND HELD HR R MAIN. 3RD 1/2 HR L MAIN 4TH HALF HR R MAIN. 5TH 1/2 HR R TIP 6TH HALF HR L TIP 7TH 1/2 HR R TIP 8TH HALF HR L TIP 9TH 1/2 HR L MAIN 10TH HALF HR R MAIN. THE ABOVE MAY SEEM WORK INTENSIVE BUT IT IS THE ONLY WAY THE CHEROKEE 6 WILL FLY 'HANDS OFF' WITHOUT TURNING SUBSTANTIALLY. ALSO AS A HABIT THE PLT SHOULD USE ONE OF THE MAIN TANKS FOR LNDG (THE FULLER ONE) AND ALWAYS USE THE LNDG CHKLIST. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENG RESTARTED. BUT; PRIOR TO DOING SO HE HAD DECLARED AN EMER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE ACFT TO THE ARPT. THE ENG TOOK WHAT SEEMED A LONG TIME TO RESPOND TO THE START PROCS. THIS RPTR IS A HIGH TIME ACTIVE INSTRUCTOR WITH EXPERIENCE IN A VARIETY OF GA SINGLE AND TWINS. HE TEACHES GND SCHOOL REGULARLY AND SOUNDS VERY CONSCIENTIOUS IN THE DISCIPLINES OF SAFE AIRMANSHIP.