19811231087539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Olive Branch, MS · December 31, 1981

Date
December 31, 1981 · 22:00 local
Place
Olive Branch, MS
Airport
Olive Branch
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4540R
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total30 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck a tree on approach to land in a field due to weather. Remained air borne. Landed safely at nearby airport.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A TREE ON APPROACH TO LAND IN A FIELD DUE TO WEATHER. REMAINED AIR BORNE. LANDED SAFELY AT NEARBY AIRPORT.