M20 PILOT REPORTS ENGINE FAILURE DURING BASE TURN RESULTING IN LANDING SHORT OF RWY.

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THE FLT DEPARTED AT ABOUT XA15 PM (LCL); AND ARRIVED AT ZZZ AT ABOUT XD45 PM (LCL). THE ACFT LOST ALL ENG PWR WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG; SHORTLY AFTER THE LNDG CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED. AFTER THE ENG QUIT; THE WING-FLAPS WERE RAISED TO THE TKOF (50% DOWN) POS TO EXTEND THE GLIDE RANGE BY DECREASING RELATED DRAG. THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH THE FLAPS AT 50%. THE L FUEL TANK OF THE ACFT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY EMPTIED AND THE FUEL-SELECTOR WAS MOVED TO THE R TANK AT THAT TIME. THE R FUEL TANK CONTAINED APPROX 15 GALS AT THE TIME OF LNDG (ESTIMATED ON THE GND AFTER THE LNDG). ESTIMATING FROM TRACKS LEFT IN THE SAND; THE ACFT APPARENTLY FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON AN EXTENDED CTRLINE OF RWY; APPROX 380 FT SHORT OF THE PAVEMENT. THE ACFT CAME TO A FULL STOP ON AN EXTENDED CTRLINE OF RWY; APPROX 216 FT SHORT OF THE PAVEMENT. THE AREA OF THE LNDG SITE IS COMPOSED OF SOFT SAND AND IS DENSELY POPULATED WITH LARGE SAGE BRUSH TYPE DESERT VEGETATION AND PLANTS. WHILE STILL AIRBORNE; AND ON APCH THE ACFT APPARENTLY SCRAPED OVER A METAL POST THAT WAS PART OF THE ARPT'S PERIMETER FENCE SYS. THE PERIMETER FENCE IS LOCATED APPROX 480 FT SHORT OF THE PAVEMENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THERE WAS FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK AFTER LANDING BUT REASON FOR THE ENGINE QUITTING IS NOT CLEAR AND STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THE FUEL SELECTOR AND THE FUEL SELECTOR MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS INCIDENT.