# Accident 19980812030859A: Piper PA25235, Bainbridge, GA, August 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1998, 12:07 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Airport: Decatur County Industrial Airp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CJYG
- Location: 30.9716° N, 84.6369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AIR PARK (BGE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9716&lon=-84.6369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8654L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8654L-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 13 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980812030859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A STALL SPIN SCENARIO WAS INDICATED BY THE WRECKAGE. THE PILOT OF THIS SINGLE PLACE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA98LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA222), Aug 12, 1998: Piper PA-25-235 (N8654L), Bainbridge, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall.

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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