# Incident 20030311013089I: Piper PA23250, Baytown, NC, March 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2003, 08:45 local time
- Place: Baytown, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5411Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5411Y-2012-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030311013089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE DALLAS, TEXAS AREA APPROXIMATELY 6:15 LOCAL TIME, ARRIVING IN THE HOUSTON, TEXAS AREA, APPROXIMATELY 07:45. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. SEVERAL APPROACHES TO LAND AT DIFFERENT AIRPORTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA WERE ATTEMPTED. DURING THIS TIME, GROUND FOG WAS BLANKETING THE HOUSTON AREA. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF EXECUTING A MISSED APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION RESULTING IN AN OFF AIRPORT GEAR UP LANDING. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN ANY OF THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS INCURRED NO INJURIES.

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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