# Accident 19980405008069A: Piper PA28161, Marietta, OK, April 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Marietta, OK
- Airport: Mcgehee Catfish Restaurant
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8986° N, 97.1708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McGehee Catfish Restaurant Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8986&lon=-97.1708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8142H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8142H) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 12 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980405008069A

## Narrative

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

LANDING LEFT WHEEL HIT MUD AREA. SWERVED INTO A TREE AND SPUN AROUND. (-23) THE PILOT LANDED ON TURF RUNWAY AND DRIFTED LEFT OF CENTER OF RUNWAY.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ENTERED A MUDDY AREA AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER FARTHER TO THE LEFT.  THE LEFT WING STRUCK A CLUMP OF SMALL TREES WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN AROUND APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM ITS LANDING HEADING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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