Piper PA-28-161 accident near Conyers, GA
On December 27, 1998, a Piper PA-28-161 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Conyers, GA. 3 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 27, 1998
- Place
- Conyers, GA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-161 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 3 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.660°N, 84.010°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11610
NTSB summary
On December 27, 1998, about 1702 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-161, N8253E, registered to Epps Air Service, Inc., crashed at Whispering Pines Airpark, Conyers, Georgia, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the commercial-rated pilot and two passengers received serious injuries. The flight originated from Chamblee, Georgia, the same day, about 1640. The pilot stated he departed Peachtree-Dekalb Airport and flew toward Monroe-Walton County Airport. He made radio contact with a pilot at Monroe-Walton County who reported he would be dropping parachutists over the airport. The pilot then diverted toward the south with an intended destination of Covington Municipal Airport. He used a small lake as a landmark to try and identify Covington Municipal. After seeing the lake he turned toward the airport and set up for a landing. As he approached short final to the airfield, he noticed that there were no runway markings and about one-half of the airstrip appeared newly repaved. He then realized that he was at Whispering Pines Airpark and not Covington Municipal. Feeling that the newly paved portion of the intended landing area was the usable runway, he decided to do a touch-and-go landing. After the touch-and-go landing, during climbout, he realized the trees at the end of the runway were too tall to clear. He elected to attempt to climb over the trees rather than fly through them. He believes this is when he heard the a
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).
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
