# Accident 19981227033899A: Piper PA-28-161, Snellville, GA, December 27, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1998
- Place: Snellville, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 33.6605° N, 84.0099° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6605&lon=-84.0099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8253E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8253E-2001-11-08) (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)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981227033899A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTENPTING TO LAND/DEPART THE ACFT AT WHISPERING PINES AIRPARK WHEN IT CRASHED IN THE BACK YARD OF A RESIDENCE AND CAME TO REST IN A TREE.

## 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 MIA99LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA059), Dec 27, 1998: Piper PA-28-161 (N8253E), Conyers, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt a touch-and-go landing with insufficient runway remaining, and his failure to maintain adequate clearance from an object (tree).

## Other reports on N8253E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871107062422A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871107062422A), Nov 7, 1987: Piper PA28161 (N8253E), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. While holding for departure on taxiway for runway 33 aircraft was struck from the rear by a P51D N6341T.

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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