Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65; Flight Crew Total 6500; Flight Crew Type 52
Human-Machine Interface
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft; Human Factors
Ran out of fuel in 1 tank; switched tanks could not get engine started. Initiated a precautionary landing in a field. Upon landing did not flare enough on the round out and struck wooden prop. Caused delaminating of wood on 1 blade of prop.
Wilga 80 pilot reports exhausting fuel in one tank and being unable to restart the engine when fuel is switched to the remaining tank. An off airport landing is undertaken resulting in propeller damage.