# Incident 20001117023409I: Piper PA28180, Greensboro, NC, November 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7159W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7159W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 95 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001117023409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 17, 2000, AT APPROX. 1430 EDT, A CHEROKEE PA28-180 REGISTERED TO^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ .THE A/C WAS IN FLIGHT APPROX. 3 MILES SOUTH OF BEAUFORT (MRH) FIELD AT 900 FEET WHEN ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND THEN QUIT. THE PILOT ESTABLISHED POWER-OFF GLIDE, AWAY FROM THE AIRFIELD TOWARD (SHACKLEFORD BANKS) AND PUT IT DOWN ON THE BEACH. THE PILOT INDICATED HE TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP, SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND CHECKED CARB. HEAT, TO NO AVAIL. PILOT RADIOED BEAUFORT AIRFIELD (MRH) AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO LAND THE AIRPLANE ON THE BEACH. DURING FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT, HE ADMITTED CAUSE WAS LACK OF ADEQUATE FUEL.

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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