FUEL EXHAUSTION -- FORCED LNDG.

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FUEL STARVATION AND FORCED LNDG RESULTED IN NO DAMAGE OR INJURY. WHILE JUST SW OF RST ON A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 02. MY ENG SUDDENLY LOST PWR. THIS WAS VERY UNEXPECTED BECAUSE OF FLT PLANNING WHICH SHOWED A REQUIREMENT OF 5.2 HRS AT 95 KTS GND SPD TO TRAVEL THE DISTANCE OF 490 NM FROM HKA (BLYTHEVILLE; AR) TO RST WITH A FUEL STOP AT BURLINGTON; IA; (BRL). TANKS WERE TOPPED OFF AT HKA AND ANOTHER 10 GALLONS ADDED AT BRL FOR A TOTAL OF 48 GALLONS USABLE; AND WITH A BURN RATE OF 7.6 GPH SHOULD HAVE LEFT 8.5 GALLONS OF RESERVE FUEL. THE ACTUAL TIME ON THE HOBBS METER WAS 5.5 INSTEAD OF 5.2 WHICH SHOULD HAVE LEFT 6 PLUS GALLONS OF RESERVE. THIS LACK OF SUFFICIENT FUEL WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY SEVERAL VARIABLES; FIRST; WHEN THE ACFT WAS TOPPED OFF; IT WAS PROBABLY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN FULL. ALSO IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE OF LONG DAYS FOR ME AND; BECAUSE OF THE TURB; I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REALLY ACCURATE WHEN SETTING THE PWR AND/OR MIXTURE CTL. DURING THIS FLT AND PRIOR TO ADDING FUEL AT BRL. I ALSO OBSERVED THE FUEL GAUGES TO HELP MONITOR MY FUEL CONSUMPTION. WHILE TALKING TO RST APCH; I NOTICED MY R FUEL GAUGE SAID ALMOST EMPTY WHILE THE L ONE SAID 3/8 FULL WHICH AGREED WITH MY PLANNING. ALSO AFTER LNDG ON THE INTERSTATE AND PUSHING ACFT OFF TO THE SIDE. THE TANKS WERE CONFIRMED DRY BUT THE L GAUGE STILL SAID 1/4 FULL. IT HAS BEEN AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE.