# Accident 20010826029199A: Piper PA32300, Homerville, GA, August 26, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Homerville, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0558° N, 82.7739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0558&lon=-82.7739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2116G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2116G-2003-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010826029199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES HE WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS INTO A PLANNED THREE HOUR FLIGHT FROM KISSMEE FL TO LAWRENCEVILLE, GA WHEN, SHORTLY AFTER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT INITIATED THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, CHANGED FUEL TANKS AGAIN AND CHECKED BOTH MAGNETOS. THE ENGINE DID NOT REGAIN POWER, AND THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH VALDOSTA APPROACH AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE HOMERVILLE AIRPORT (HOE). THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS NORMAL AND THE RPM DID NOT SURGE. A GLIDE SPEED OF 87 KNOTS WAS ESTABLISHED. WHEN THE PILOT REALIZED HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT, HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN AREA. AS HE APPROACHED THE AREA, HE REALIZED IT WAS A PRISON COMPOUND AND ATTEMPTED TO STEER CLEAR. HE CONTACTED POWER LINES AFTER CLEARING THE PRISON AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO A HOUSING AREA APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER, HIS DAUGHTER, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. A POST-IMPACT ENGINE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL01LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA095), Aug 26, 2001: Piper PA-32-300 (N2116G), Homerville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper replacement of an accessory drive component with an unapproved part by maintenance personnel, which resulted in a fatigue fracture of the component and loss of engine power. The airplane…

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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