# Accident 20000715040569A: Cessna 175, Mooresville, NC, July 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2000
- Place: Mooresville, NC
- Airport: Lake Norman Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5836° N, 80.8283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mooresville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5836&lon=-80.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8861E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8861E-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000715040569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) DURING TAKE-OFF MR. GRAHAM, THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, WAS AT THE CONTROLS. HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT SPUTTERING AND TURNED THE CONTROLS OVER TO MR. BROWN, THE PIC.  THEY CLEARED THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET UP IN THE TREES, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  MR. GRAHAM STATED HE FLEW BY TIME, NOT BY THE FUEL GAUGES, BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAUGES. HE BELIEVED HE HAD ONLY 2 GALLONS OF UNUSEABLE FUEL.  THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE SHEET AND THE TYPE CERTIFICATE SHOW 9 GALLONS UNUSEABLE FUEL.  MR. GRAHAM SAID HE HAD FUEL FOR 2.5 HOURS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FOR 4 HRS. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL FOUND ON GROUND OR IN TREES AT THE SCENE.  RIGHT WING WAS EMPTY.  LEFT WING HAD APPROXIMATELY 2 GALLONS OF FUEL INSIDE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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