Cessna 150
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65; Flight Crew Total 80; Flight Crew Type 65
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Human Factors
On short final after a 3.4 hour cross-country flight the engine quit. [ATC was advised] and pilot safely operated an engine failure landing on runway; vacating the runway as well. Engine failure was due to faulty fuel gauge indicating aircraft had adequate fuel present when fuel starvation occurred.
C150 pilot reported a loss of engine power on short final due to fuel exhaustion that resulted in a dead-stick landing.