# Incident 19810827063949I: Piper PA28181, Okeechobee, FL, August 27, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Airport: Okeechobee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2666° N, 80.8504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OKEECHOBEE COUNTY (OBE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2666&lon=-80.8504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8335Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8335Y-2007-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 311 total, 26 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810827063949I

## Narrative

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

LANDED, HIT WATER PUDDLE, BRAKES INEFFECTIVE, WENT OFF RUNWAY, THEN THROUGH FENCE.

## Other reports on N8335Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20060131012239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060131012239A), Jan 31, 2006: Piper PA28181 (N8335Y), Henderson, WV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) During take off roll with flaps fully retracted from a corn field and through a parking lot the airplane struck a wood post with the left wing 2.5 feet…

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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