# Incident 19790916023379I: Piper PA28151, Houston, TX, September 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1979, 16:35 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Lakeside
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56786, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56786) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 131 total, 131 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916023379I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT AT 400 FEET ON CLIMB OUT. GASCOLATOR WAS DRAINING, LIMITING FUEL TO THE CARBURETOR.

## Other reports on N56786 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860824051369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860824051369I), Aug 24, 1986: Piper PA28151 (N56786), St Louis, MO. Lost power after takeoff, returned to airport. Found broken exhaust valve.

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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