# Incident 19981129044819I: Piper PA38112, New Orleans, LA, November 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1998, 09:26 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78HR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78HR-1999-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981129044819I

## Narrative

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

APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT,THE PILOT SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM THE RIGHT TANK TO THE LEFT TANK. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED WATER CONTAMINATION OF FUEL. 12.3 OUNCES OF WATER WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT TANK, 3.2 OUNCES IN THE FUEL STRAINER BOWL, AND 1 OUNCE IN THE CARBURATOR. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT NO WATER WAS FOUND IN FUEL DRUING PREFLIGHT SUMPING. THE JACKSON FSDO HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL PERFORM SURVEILLANCE ON FUEL FACILITY AT THE AIRPORT WHERE THE FUEL WAS OBTAINED.

## Other reports on N78HR (1)

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

- [Accident 19990605006399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990605006399A), Jun 5, 1999: Piper PA38112 (N78HR), Jackson, MS, Substantial damage. Acft was on final to rwy 16L, when it made a forced landing 2 miles north of Jackson, other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on June 5, 1999, about 1150…

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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