# Incident 20000801024909I: Beech A23A, Homer, LA, August 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Homer, LA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7938° N, 93.0591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7938&lon=-93.0591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2333W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2333W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23A (registry code 1151208, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23A
- Reported engine: CONT IO346*
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 100 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/20000801024909I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED HOMER AIRPORT. AT 2500 FEET ENGINE LOST POWER, AND HAD SEVERE VIBRATIONS ABOVE 2000 RPM.  PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, CHECKED MAGNETOS, MIXTURE, ETC.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND UNABLE TO SUSTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PASTURE WITHOUT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.  PILOT WILL CONTACT FSDO WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING CAUSE(S) OF ENGINE PROBLEM.  ON 8/8/00, PILOT REPORTED THAT THEY FOUND WATER IN THE FUEL TANK.  HE DRAINED AT LEAST 1/2 GALLON OF WATER OUT OF TANK.  NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED ON AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT WAS SUCCESSFULLY FLOWN HOME AFTER REMOVAL OF WATER.  PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD FUELED THE AIRCRAFT IN TEXARKANA AND HAD DRAINED THE SUMPS BEFORE DEPARTURE.  PILOT CHECKING HIS RECORDS TO GET NAME FBO THAT PROVIDED THE FUEL, AND WILL FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO THE BTR FSDO.

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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