# Incident 19791208047899I: Piper J4A, Warner Springs, CA, December 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Warner Springs, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2823° N, 116.6336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warner Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2823&lon=-116.6336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22772, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22772) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4A (registry code 7100604, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791208047899I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK FENCE AFTER ATTEMPTING GOAROUND.

## Other reports on N22772 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790416023049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790416023049I), Apr 16, 1979: Piper J4A (N22772), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. Flight instructor and student making mag check before takeoff. Tail came up and prop hit the ground.

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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