ATX SMA EMERGENCY LNDG OFF ARPT ACCOUNT FUEL EXHAUSTION.

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I DEPARTED BUR AT XA20 WITH APPROX 60 GALS OF FUEL. DEST P19. AS I REACHED A POINT OF ABOUT 5 MI RIGHT BASE TO LAND ON RWY 17 AT P19 LEAVING 2200'; THE ENG STARTED FALTERING. SO; I SWITCHED TANKS. THEN THE ENG STARTED BACK UP. THEN I NOTICED THE FUEL QTY WHICH READ 8 GALS; SO I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T BE THE FUEL BECAUSE I'D MADE THIS SAME RUN 6 DAYS/WK FOR 2 WKS WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUEL WITH A RESERVE UPON LNDG. SO; I BEGAN TO TROUBLE SHOOT PUTTING ON THE FUEL PUMP; ETC. THE OIL TEMP WAS HIGH; BUT PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. THE FUEL QTY INDICATORS SHOWED ABOUT 8-9 GALS. THEN THE ENG QUIT AGAIN ON 3/4 MI RIGHT BASE. MAINTAINING THE AIRSPD I GOT READY TO DITCH. THE PREFLT PLANNING INCLUDED A PREFLT WX BRIEFING. WITH FILING AN IFR DEP/VFR ENRTE; WINDS ALOFT. EVERYTHING WAS ROUTINE. FUEL GAUGES DID INDICATE FUEL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: ACFT DID NOT MAKE IT TO ARPT AND IN OFF ARPT LNDG NOSE GEAR WAS BENT AND PROP TIP WAS BENT. CLAIMS GAUGES STILL SHOWED 8-9 GALS FUEL BUT AFTER INCIDENT ONLY HAD ABOUT 3 QT BY STICKING SO PROB WAS FUEL STARVATION. OTHER ACFT HAD MADE RUN WITH WERE NEWER MODELS AND THIS WAS OLDER ACFT SO COULD HAVE BEEN A HIGH FUEL BURNER. FAA IS INVESTIGATING BUT HAS NOT MADE FINAL DETERMINATION WHETHER INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT. COMPANY HAS LET PLT GO FROM EMPLOYMENT SINCE INCIDENT.