# Incident 19960503012529I: Piper PA22108, Warner Robins, GA, May 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1996, 18:42 local time
- Place: Warner Robins, GA
- Airport: Warner Robins Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5606° N, 83.6767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARNER ROBINS AIR PARK (5A2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5606&lon=-83.6767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4542Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4542Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-C1B (registry code 42028, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-c1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960503012529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT RUDOLPH AND NON-PILOT PASSENGER TOOK OFF AT ABOUT 1745 EDT FOR A LOCAL AREA FAMILIARIZATION. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND BEGAN BACKFIRING. BEING AT ABOUT 2000 FEET WITH THE ENGINE STILL STRUGGLING, MR. RUDOLPH ATTEMPTED CORRECTIVE MEASURES OF SWITCHING TANKS, RICHENING MIXTURE, APPLYING CARBURETOR HEAT, ETC. BUT TO NO AVAIL. SEEING THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH HIS BASE (WARNER ROBINS AIRPARK) IN THE DESCENT FOLLOWED BY THE POWER LOSS, MR. RUDOLPH CHOSE A COUNTRY ROAD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT THEREON. HAVING TO BRAKE HARD TO KEEP FROM CROSSING THE HIGHWAY AHEAD OF HIM, MR. RUDOLPH WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE FROM ANGLING TO THE RIGHT, WHERE ITS RIGHT WING IMPACTED A STOP SIGN. THIS COLLISION THREW THE CRAFT AROUND TO THE RIGHT AND CAUSED THE LEFT WING-TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE DAMAGE, THOUGH COSTLY, WAS MINOR. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WHEN ENGINE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY FSDO A/W PERSONNEL.

## Other reports on N4542Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19990106045409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990106045409A), Jan 6, 1999: Piper PA22108 (N4542Z), Middle, GA, No damage. (-23)On climbout aircraft experienced a loss of power, crashed in a sod field. Aircraft encountered a ditch, nose strut broke and subsequently aircraft stopped…

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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