J3 Cub
Flight Crew Student
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20.6; Flight Crew Total 37.2; Flight Crew Type 37.2
Human-Machine Interface; Training / Qualification
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Aircraft; Human Factors
In cruise flight did not position fuel petcock properly. Landed with 11 gallons of fuel in wing tank. Plane was restarted and flown back to the airport.
A Piper Cub pilot; thinking he was out of gas; landed and determined there were still 11 gallons aboard in a wing tank.