A PIPER PA32 LANCE ON APCH LANDED OFF FIELD DUE TO THE ENG QUITTING.

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WHILE APCHING TO LAND AT FAIRBANKS INT'L ARPT IN ACR ACFT NXXX MY ENG QUIT. I HAD PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED THE DSCNT AND LNDG CHKLISTS; WAITING ONLY ON PWR; AIRSPD; GEAR AND FLAPS BECAUSE I HAD INITIALLY BEEN VECTORED REPEATEDLY BY BOTH APCH CTL AND TWR; AND I WAS NOT YET CLOSE ENOUGH TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING ITEMS. I HAD PLANNED FUEL REQUIREMENTS CORRECTLY AND DID INDEED HAVE OVER 1/2 HR FUEL ONBOARD WHEN ACFT LANDED SAFELY 1/2 MI FROM FAIRBANKS INT'L ARPT; WITH NO DAMAGES TO ANYONE; OR ANY PROPERTY; INCLUDING AIRPLANE. ON MY INITIAL CONTACT WITH APCH I WAS VECTORED OFF COURSE FOR TFC SPACING TO ALLOW ACFT WHICH WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND ME TO OVERTAKE ME; AT THE SAME ALT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY FURTHER UNNECESSARY FLT MANEUVERING WHEN APCH HANDED ME OFF TO TWR AND I WAS CLRED TO ENTER BY A L DOWNWIND ENTRY; EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON AN ESTABLISHED 10-15 MI L BASE APCH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT INCURRED NO DAMAGE AND THE FUEL TANKS WERE DRAINED AND 10 GALS REMOVED AND CHKED FOR CONTAMINATION AND NONE WAS FOUND. THE RPTR SAID THE ENG FUEL FILTER WAS CHKED AND ALSO WAS FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE. THE RPTR STATED THE TEMP WAS WELL ABOVE FREEZING AND THE ENG HAD FUEL INJECTION RULING OUT ENG ICING. THE RPTR SAID THAT THE FUEL WAS MANAGED PROPERLY. THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SVC AND HAS OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT. THE RPTR STATED THE COMPANY HAS DETERMINED THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY POOR PLT JUDGEMENT.