# Accident 20080419833259A: Cessna 175A, Groveland, CA, April 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2008, 18:55 local time
- Place: Groveland, CA
- Airport: Pine Mountain Lake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8617° N, 120.1778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8617&lon=-120.1778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6868E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6868E-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT GO300C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080419833259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD JUST UNDERGONE MAINTENANCE, WHICH INCLUDED REASSEMBLY AND INSTALLING A TIME CONTINUED ENGINE AFTER TRANSPORT OF THE AIRCRAFT BY GROUND FROM ARIZONA TO CALIFORNIA. THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCLUDED FABRICATING A FLEXIBLE FUEL LINE FOR INSTALLATION FROM THE GASCOLATOR TO THE CARBURETOR. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING HIGH SPEED TAXI TESTS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE. HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT RATHER THAN LANDING AND RISK GOING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AT THIS TIME, PERSONS ON THE GROUND HEARD THE ENGINE QUIT AND THEN RESTART AND QUIT AGAIN. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE DID NOT FIND ANY REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER. INSPECTION OF THE AIRFRAME DETERMINED THAT THE FABRICATED FUEL WAS OBSTRUCTED BY HOSE MATERIAL CUT FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE HOSE DURING INSTALLATION OF BOTH THE GASCOLATOR AND CARBURETOR END HOSE FITTINGS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA118), Apr 20, 2008: Cessna C175A (N6868E), Groveland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of a blocked fuel line that was improperly fabricated by the pilot. Also causal was the pilot's excessive ground speed during the taxi…

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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