# Accident 20030925027329A: Piper PA28151, Beaumont Port A, TX, September 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2003, 19:09 local time
- Place: Beaumont Port A, TX
- Airport: Jefferson County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9508° N, 94.0206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9508&lon=-94.0206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43376, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43376-2012-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 26 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030925027329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2003, APPROXIMATELY 19:09 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-151, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE PIC MR. PAUL W. LEGRIS MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SOUTH EAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (BPT) NEAR BEAUMONT, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO KING INTERESTS, INC. OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS. MR. PAUL W. LEGRIS A PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED (BPT), APPROXIMATELY 19:05. ENROUTE TO CLOVER FIELD (LVJ). THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 16 AT BPT AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET. THE PILOT THEN REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND STARTED A TURN BACK TO RUNWAY 34, HOWEVER, LANDED ONE MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 34. THE PILOT WAS NOT WEARING A SHOULDER HARNESS AT THE TIME OF IMPACT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR HEAD INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW03LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA232), Sep 26, 2003: Piper PA-28-151 (N43376), Beaumont, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N43376 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910706026289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910706026289I), Jul 6, 1991: Piper PA28151 (N43376), Casper, WY. Pilot advised low fuel. Engine quit on approach. Landed on road. Vibration had allowed left sump drain to open.

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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