# Incident 19990421020109I: Univar 1083, Warnersville, PA, April 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1999, 13:13 local time
- Place: Warnersville, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3304° N, 76.0827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wernersville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3304&lon=-76.0827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97331, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97331-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108 (registry code 9230402, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1083
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4150B3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990421020109I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED SYRACUSE, NY IN A.M., STOPPED AT OSWEGO, N.Y. FOR FUEL ENROUTE TO FLORIDA. WHILE CRUISING AT 4500 FEET, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER.  PILOT SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR AND TURNED ON CARBURETOR HEAT.  ADJUSTED THE MIXTURE TO RICH.  ENGINE DID NOT REGAIN POWER AND PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON DIRT ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  PIC NOT INJURED.  UPON AIRCRAFT INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT #2 ROCKER ARM FAILED.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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