# Accident 20080923855349A: Piper PA32300, Atlanta, GA, September 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2008, 13:55 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9081° N, 84.3103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9081&lon=-84.3103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3029Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3029Y-2009-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080923855349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1752Z, AIRCRAFT N3029Y A PIPER PA-32-300 DEPARTED DEKALB PEACHTREE (PDK) AIRPORT ATLANTA, GEORGIA ENROUTE TO BRANCH COUNTY MEMORIAL (OEB) AIRPORT COLDWATER, MICHIGAN.  APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF AIRPORT THE PILOT DECLARED AN "EMERGENCY" CALL TO ATC AT 1755Z, HE REQUESTING A NEED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT AND FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT.

## 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 NYC08FA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA319), Sep 23, 2008: Piper PA-32 (N3029Y), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.

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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