The engine quits on short final at Vernal — and the pre-landing checklist is still undone
You watched the fueler fill both mains to 55 gallons, dipped and sumped them, and reset the fuel computer to 54 gallons for margin. Weight was well under gross with your wife and son aboard.
Nineteen inches, 2,300 rpm, about 11 gph — matching the POH chart. You switched tanks every 30 minutes to balance the load; your wife read the gauges and kept the time.
About 45 minutes out, you switched from the right tank to the left with 1h30m of endurance showing and roughly 30 minutes to KVEL. You cruise-climbed to 11,500 to clear rising terrain.
Twenty miles out, steep descent, power slowly reduced, carb heat on, mixture still lean. A slip at 5 miles, full flaps at 3, onto the PAPI at 80 knots and 500 feet. Fuel still on LEFT. Before Landing checklist not yet run.
You're on final and not yet configured for landing. What do you do?