# Incident 20241225019399I: Piper PA-24-250, Strawn, TX, December 25, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2024, 14:35 local time
- Place: Strawn, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5508° N, 98.4981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Strawn, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5508&lon=-98.4981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7627P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7627P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 392 total, 80 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241225019399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE FLYING FOR THE PURPOSES OF A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT.  45 MINUTES IN TO THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. PILOT THOUGHT BECAUSE OF CONDITIONS (45 DEGREE AIR TEMP, 1800 AGL OVERCAST) THAT IT MIGHT BE CARB ICE. PILOT APPLIED CARB HEAT. 4 MINUTES LATER, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AGAIN, AND PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. PILOT FOUND A ROAD TO LAND ON AND SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR TO THE LEFT TANK DURING THE DESCENT. AFTER LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY, A VISUAL CHECK OF THE RIGHT TANK SHOWED EMPTY. THE LEFT TANK SHOWED APPROXIMATELY 20 GALLONS. PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE AND PERFORMED PRE FLIGHT-ENGINE RUN UP CHECKS BEFORE ELECTING TO TAKE OFF AND RETURN TO GRANDBURY, TX AIRPORT.

TIME 1435 - EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY,

1611 - TAKE OFF FROM HIGHWAY,

1626 - LAND AT KGDJ (GRANDBURY, TX)

## Other reports on N7627P (2)

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

- [Incident 20010922033359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010922033359I), Sep 22, 2001: Piper PA24250 (N7627P), Gravois Mills, MO, Minor damage. (-23) See attached information regarding phone interview with Mr. Wood.
- [Incident 19810303016199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810303016199I), Mar 3, 1981: Piper PA24250 (N7627P), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower the landing gear.

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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