# Incident 20010807020099I: Piper PA28140, Brenham, TX, August 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2001, 07:30 local time
- Place: Brenham, TX
- Airport: Brenham Municipal Aprt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1581° N, 96.3956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brenham, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1581&lon=-96.3956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6323R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6323R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,544 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010807020099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) JUST AFTER TAKE OFF, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED WITH NO ADVERSE ACTION TO THE ENGINE.  A DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD JUST OFF THE END OF RUNWAY (16). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PASTURE WITH TALL GRASS, STRIKING FENCE POSTS WHICH CAUSED WING DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS.  THE WINGS SPAR WERE NOT DAMAGED.  THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS INSPECTED FOR LOSS OF POWER.  PIECES OF INSECT NESTS WERE FOUND IN THE VENTURY OF THE CARBURETOR, CARBURETOR HEAT DUCT AND AIRBOX.  OTHER PIECES WERE INJESTED INTO THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N6323R (1)

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

- [Accident 20210617010259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210617010259A), Jun 17, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N6323R), Rush Valley, UT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On 06/17/2021 N6323R, PA-28-140 departed kida at 2200 MST enroute to kcdc. At 2320 MST in the vicinity of Rush Valley ut the pilot operating N6323R at night…

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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