# Incident 20090717011159I: Maule MT7260, La Porte, TX, July 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2009, 14:49 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Airport: La Porte Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6693° N, 95.0642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA PORTE MUNI (T41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6693&lon=-95.0642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42619 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MT7260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 45 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090717011159I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LA PORTE, TX AIRPORT AND CLEARED TO VFR 2500 FEET.  AT 2500 FEET ENGINE LOST POWER AND LANDED SAFELY IN VACANT FIELD NORTH OF HIGHWAY 225 AND WEST OF BELTWAY 8.  ENGINE INSPECTION/TEARDOWN DETERMINED THAT AN ENGINE FUEL LINE WAS LOOSE AND CAUSED FUEL STARVATION RESULTING IN ENGINE POWER LOSS.  MECHANIC TIGHTENED THE FUEL LINE AND THE ENGINE RAN SATISFACTORILY.  AMENDMENT - ENGINE INSPECTION/TEARDOWN DETERMINED THAT AN ENGINE FUEL LINE WAS LOOSE AND CAUSED FUEL STARVATION RESULTING IN ENGINE POWER LOSS.  MECHANIC TIGHTENED THE FUEL LINE AND THE ENGINE RAN SATISFACTORILY.

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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