1998-01 · NASA ASRS report 391043
A BE35 PLT FACES HEADWINDS AND UNEXPECTED WX CHANGES THAT PLACED HIS ACFT INTO AN EMER CONDITION. HE HAD ALSO LOST HIS ABILITY TO RECEIVE ON VHF. HE MANAGES TO LAND AT HIS DEST ARPT; TIX; FL.
I ALMOST RAN OUT OF FUEL DUE TO STRONGER THAN FORECASTED WINDS AND WX GOING DOWN TO BELOW IFR MINIMUMS. AT A CRITICAL POINT IN THE DEVELOPING PROB; I LOST RADIO COMS WITH PATRICK APCH AND ELECTED TO LAND AT THE DEST ARPT WITHOUT RADIO COM IN CONFORMANCE WITH FAR. I BROKE OFF THE ILS APCH AND DID A VISUAL APCH AND RECEIVED A GREEN LIGHT TO LAND AT TITUSVILLE. THE TWR OPERATOR AND PATRICK APCH DID NOT RESPOND TO MY CALLS. THE GND CTLR AT TITUSVILLE (WHO WAS ALSO THE TWR OPERATOR) TOLD ME THAT HE COULD HEAR ME BUT I DID NOT HEAR HIM. I FOLLOWED THE PROC TO LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICAL AND I THINK THAT THE WX; HEADWINDS; SHRINKING DEWPOINT/TEMP (FOG) CONTRIBUTED TO THE FUEL EMER. THE USEFUL GALS ON THE BE35 (K MODEL) IS 63 GALS PER THE BOOK WITH A TOTAL OF 70 GALS. I PUT 65 GALS IN. I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION TO LAND AND ALTHOUGH I DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER; IT MAY HAVE CAUSED A PROB FOR PATRICK OR TITUSVILLE. IT WAS AT AB15 AM AND I SAW TFC DEPART TITUSVILLE. I HAVE SCHEDULED SOME REMEDIAL FLT TRAINING TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH EMER PROCS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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