PLT OF A PIPER PA28-180 LANDED SHORT OF RWY OFF ARPT AFTER THE ENG QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.

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THE PROB AROSE DURING PREFLT; THE R WING WAS ABOUT 1/4 INCH OVER THE 17 GAL TAB; THE L WING WAS ABOUT A 1/4 INCH UNDER THE TAB. THAT WAS 3.4 HRS AT 10 GPH. THE FLT PLAN WAS RENO-AUSTIN-RENO. ABOUT 2 HRS 20 MINS TOTAL. 7 MI E OF RENO ENG STOPPED AND I LANDED ABOUT 1 MI SHORT OF RWY AND TO THE N TO AVOID HOUSES. AFTERWARD WE WENT THROUGH FUEL RECEIPTS AND FOUND THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN FUELED; AND THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 1.2 HRS ON THE AIRPLANE AFTER FUELING TO THE TABS. I AM VERY SERIOUS ABOUT PREFLT AND I WAS SURE THERE WAS FUEL ALMOST TO TAB. TO CORRECT THIS PROB I WILL ADD ADDITIONAL FUEL; IN ORDER TO COVER TAB. ALTHOUGH IT LOOKED 1/4 INCH BELOW TAB IT HAD TO BE ABOUT 4 INCHES BELOW TAB; AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE ACFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE FIXED LNDG GEAR AND WHEEL PANTS AND WING SPARS. HOWEVER; THE WING SPAR DAMAGE WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL AFTER THE MISHAP HAD BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT AND THE NTSB WOULD NOT MAKE A RECLASSIFICATION TO AN ACCIDENT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS A PIPER PA28-180 AND THAT THE FAA NOTIFIED HIM FOR A RE-EXAMINATION AFTER THEIR INVESTIGATION.