# Incident 20050619015229I: Cessna 152, Tabor City, NC, June 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tabor City, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1545° N, 78.8732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tabor City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1545&lon=-78.8732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94540, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94540-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050619015229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM LORIS, SC (5J9) TO COLUMBUS COUNTY NC AIRPORT (CPC) TO OBTAIN FUEL, THE PILOT OF CE-152, N94540, MADE SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING IN FARMER'S FIELD DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. AFTER OBTAINING AVIATION FUEL AT COLUMBUS COUNTY AIRPORT, AND REFUELING, PILOT MADE UNSUCCESSFUL TAKEOFF ATTEMPT FROM FARMER'S FIELD. VIDEO OF THE EVENT SHOWS THAT IMPROPER SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF TECHNIQUES MAY HAVE BEEN USED. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF, BUT WHILE TRYING TO TURN AROUND, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A TREE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO A DITCH, DAMAGING THE WING LEADING EDGE AND PROP DOME.

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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