# Incident 19970803032139I: Piper PA28140, Cobbtown, GA, August 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Cobbtown, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2792° N, 82.1383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cobbtown, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2792&lon=-82.1383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1861T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1861T-2018-05-30) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970803032139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. MICHAEL BURKETTE ON AUGUST 3, 1997, ACTED AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND WHEN HE PILOTED PIPER PA28-140 N1861T FROM THE METTER AIRPORT TO COBBTOWN, GA, WHERE HE FLEW TOO LOW OVER A RESIDENCE AND SEVERED THE POWER LINES. MR. BURKETTE OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT IN A CARELESS AND RECKLESS MANNER AND WITHOUT A CURRENT AIRMAN CERTIFICATE FOR THE TYPE OF OPERATION BEING CONDUCTED. MR. BURKETT OPERATED AN AIRCRAFT IN A CARELESS AND RECKLESS MANNER WHEN FLYING LOW OVER RESIDENCE MULTIPLE TIMES THEN SEVERING A POWER LINE. HE DID SO KNOWING HE DID NOT POSSESS THE PROPER CERTIFICATES EVEN TO ACT AS PILOT IN COMMAND. MR. BURKETT DOES NOT POSSESS A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS SURRENDERED FOR MEDICAL REASONS. ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ MR. BURKETT VIOLATED REGULATIONS 61.3A, 61.3C, 71.87A, 91.13A, 91.119C.

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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