# Incident 19960719037429I: Piper PA34200T, Columbia, SC, July 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1996, 09:20 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BKAA
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,249 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719037429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 19, 1996, AT 1420Z, A PIPER PA 34-200T, N345AC, OPERATED BY BANK AIR RETURNED TO COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, W. COLUMBIA, SC WITH A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A MINOR PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL FLOW PRESSURED AT T.O. POWER. FUEL PRESSURE AND IDLE MIXTURE ADJUSTED, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS INCIDENT.

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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