# Incident 19980609026169I: Piper PA28180, Baytown, TX, June 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1998, 11:50 local time
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Airport: Baytown Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7861° N, 94.9527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAYTOWN (HPY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7861&lon=-94.9527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8417W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 550 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980609026169I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION AFTER A 2.5 HOUR FLIGHT FROM PRX TO EFD. WHILE RECEIVING VFR ADVISORIES FROM HOUSTON TRACON, THE PILOT SAYS THE ENGINE QUIT FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION WITH FUEL SELECTOR ON THE RIGHT TANK. HE THEN SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK, GOT THE ENGINE RUNNING AGAIN AND ADVISED ATC OF HIS PROBLEM AND REQUESTED A VECTOR TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. WITH ASSISTANCE FROM ATC HE HAD LOCATED RUNWAY 14 AT THE HPY AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED AGAIN AND HE ADVISED ATC THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE EMERGENCY LANDING WAS TO A SECTION OF A 5 LANE CONCRETE HIGHWAY (WHICH AT THE TIME HAD NO TRAFFIC) AND WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NE OF HPY. ON SCENE INSPECTION SHOWED THE TANKS WERE EMPTY, AND THE FUEL GAUGES READ 5 GAL AND 2 GAL. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR OTHER PROPERTY AND NO INJUREIES. AFTER A DELAY OF ABOUT TOW HOURS, THE PILOT REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH 20 GALLONS OF AVIATION FUEL, THE POLICE THEN BLOCKED A HALF MILE SECTION OF THE ROADWAY AND THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL TAKEOFF ENROUTE TO EFD.

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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