# Incident 20030630012629I: Piper PA22108, Columbia, CA, June 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2003, 10:44 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5078Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5078Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 20 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/20030630012629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. JENNINGS INDICATED THAT HE WAS HAND PROPPING HIS AIRCRAFT, SINCE THE BATTERY SEEMED TO BE TOO WEAK TO TURN OVER THE STARTER. UPON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, AT HAND PROPPING, MR. JENNINGS THOUGHT HE HAD OVER PRIMED THE ENGINE AND SO GOT INTO THE COCKPIT AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE ENGINE OVER WITH THE STARTER. IN SO DOING, HE FULLY OPENED THE THROTTLE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE ENGINE. AFTER ATTEMPTING THIS PROCEDURE, HE GOT OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO HAND PROP THE ENGINE A SECOND TIME, IT STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT GOT AWAY FROM HIM. HE LATER RECALLED THAT UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A STANCHION WHICH SURROUNDED AN ABOVE GROUND FUEL TANK. THERE WAS NOT DAMAGE TO THE FUEL TANK, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PURPOSE OF THE OPERATION, ACCORDING TO MR. JENNINGS WAS TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IN ORDER TO LOAD SOME ADDITIONAL CAMPING EQUIPMENT INTO THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL, AND MR. JENNINGS RECEIVED SOME MINOR INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.

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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