BREEZER LSA SUFFERS FUEL EXHAUSTION NEAR ULTIMATE DESTINATION. LANDS DEAD STICK AT CLOSER DIVERSION ARPT.
Synopsis
BREEZER LSA SUFFERS FUEL EXHAUSTION NEAR ULTIMATE DESTINATION. LANDS DEAD STICK AT CLOSER DIVERSION ARPT.
Narrative
FLY-BY FROM ZZZ1 TO ZZZ2 FOR ZZZ2 AIR SHOW IN LSA BREEZER. 8 MI FROM ZZZ2 I HEARD SPUTTERING FROM ENG. HAVING MONITORED MY FUEL GAUGE THROUGHOUT THE FLT; I SAW 20L STILL IN THE TANK (1/3 OF FUEL TANK). I ALERTED ZZZ2 APCH OF MY ENG PROB AND CONTINUED STRAIGHT-IN TO ZZZ2. AFTER MORE ROUGHNESS; I DECIDED TO DIVERT TO ZZZ. ATC GAVE ME A VECTOR AND I PROCEEDED TOWARDS THIS ALTERNATE. AT ABOUT 1000 FT AGL; I WAS MIDFIELD DOWNWIND WHEN MY ENG COMPLETELY STOPPED. I COASTED IN TO THE AIR STRIP. NO DAMAGE WAS ISSUED. I LANDED SQUARELY ON THE PAVED STRIP AND STOPPED WITH PLENTY PAVEMENT REMAINING. AS A CFI; I DID ALL THE EMER PROCS I WAS TAUGHT AND TEACH IN THE FEW MINS I HAD. UPON A CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE FUEL GAUGE UPON LNDG; IT CONTINUED TO INDICATE AROUND 18L OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE TANK. HUMAN PERFORMANCE WAS UP TO STANDARD. A PREFLT CHK OF FUEL QUANTITIES AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS INDICATED ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE TO COMPLETE THE FLT. FURTHERMORE; AS STATED ABOVE; THE ENG OUT PROCS THAT I FOLLOWED PROVIDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL LNDG AND NO DAMAGE TO ME OR THE AIRPLANE OR OBJECTS AND PEOPLE ON THE GND.
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