# Incident 19811231087539I: Piper PA28140, Olive Branch, MS, December 31, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1981, 22:00 local time
- Place: Olive Branch, MS
- Airport: Olive Branch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9787° N, 89.7869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Olive Branch Airport (OLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9787&lon=-89.7869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4540R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4540R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 30 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811231087539I

## Narrative

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

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

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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