# Incident 20040731015869I: Piper PA28235, Lamarque, TX, July 31, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2004, 11:58 local time
- Place: Lamarque, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3698° N, 94.9942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Marque, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3698&lon=-94.9942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8852W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8852W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040731015869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 31, 2004, AT APPROX 1158 LOCAL TIME N8852W LANDED ON HIGHWAY 45 JUST NORTH OF THE GALVESTON ISLAND CAUSEWAY AFTER THE PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CAME TO REST ON THE SOUTH BOUND ACCESS ROAD, WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND WHEN HE CHANGED FUEL TANKS TO THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK THAT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, HE CHANGED BACK BUT COULD STILL NOT RE-START THE ENGINE. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE CARBURETOR FUEL BOWL HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIRT, DEBRIS AND WATER IN THE FUEL BOWL. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL STRAINER ON THE CARBURETOR WAS FULL OF DIRT, DEBRIS AND RUST. THE PILOT'S BFR AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUES ARE BEING WORKED BY THE OPERATIONS UNIT HOU-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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