# Incident 19950112002399I: Piper PA28161, Birmingham, AL, January 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1995, 11:00 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4297N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4297N-2009-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950112002399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AS STATED IN A LETTER BY MR. RICHARD NELSON: WHILE DOING TOUCH-GO'S MR. NELSON WAS TOLD NOT TO MAKE WIDE TURNS ON HIS APPROACH. AT ONE POINT HE WAS TOLD CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 18. HE THOUGHT THEY WERE BRINGING HIM IN AND HE STATED THAT STRESSED HIM OUT. THEN THE TOWER ASKED IF HE COULD MAKE A TURN TO RUNWAY 23. WITH THE RUNWAY CHANGES HE STATED I GUESS I LOST TOO MUCH ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE UPPER LIMBS OF A TREE. NOTE: DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT $4000.

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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