The story of the US Navy A-4 pilot that landed with 4 gallons of fuel left without declaring an...

I'm surprised he kept his wings, he put the aircraft and how many thousands on the ground in his fly path at risk because of his actions.

During Viet Nam I was assigned a mission to evacuate personnel and equipment from a radio relay station in the Ashau Valley. I was given the number of personnel and an estimate of the equipment weight that had been reported by the team. It was well within the capabilities of the aircraft.
Unfortunately, when I tried to lift from the zone, the bird couldn't lift and I realized the weight estimate was far less than actual. I was about to call my wingman in to take a part of the load when my crew chief came up on the intercom and advised me that the team had rigged the zone with explosives and we had two minutes until it blew. With inadequate time to split the load I started dumping fuel to lighten the load, estimating what I needed to return to Phu Bai. I still couldn't lift, so I bounced the bird to the mountain edge and dropped off, using the descent down the mountain side to gain flying speed.
As we climbed out of the valley, I was greeted by a solid cloud cover and started calling Phu Bai to get clearance for an instrument approach. Unfortunately, my UHF radio wasn't transmitting so I went up on the FM, gave my wingman the lead and told him I was going to tuck in close to follow his reactions for the ground controlled approach. The approach went well, but as our wheels hit the runway, both engines flamed out. My gut feeling of how much fuel I would need to get home were a bit more exact than I would have liked.
Sometimes being lucky is better than being good.