# Incident 20091009022809I: Cirrus SR22, Mountain View, CA, October 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2009, 13:04 local time
- Place: Mountain View, CA
- Airport: Moffett Federal Afld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3997° N, 122.0793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3997&lon=-122.0793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2914Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2914Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091009022809I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET MSL ABOUT 6 MILES FROM MOFFET FEDERAL AIRFIELD AIRPLANE SHOOK NOTICEABLY AND THE POWER DROPPED.  PILOT STATED HE CONTACTED MOFFET TOWER TO REQUEST AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING THE TELEPHONE INTERVIEW PILOT STATED HE RETARDED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF DUE TO THE ENGINES ROUGH OPERATION. HE DID NOT ATTEMPT A RESTART TO TRY TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM.THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND AT MOFFET WITHOUT INCIDENT.THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY AN A&P MECHANIC AND CONCLUDED THAT THE LEFT TANK WAS OUT OF FUEL.  THE RIGHT WING TANK HAD ABOUT 25 GALLONS OF FUEL.THE TANK SELECTOR WAS IN THE LEFT TANK POSITION.THE A&P RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE AND FLEW IT TO SAN CARLOS AIRPORT.

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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