# Incident 19790119002769I: Piper PA38112, Sandpoint, ID, January 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2817° N, 116.5600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandpoint, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2817&lon=-116.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4461E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4461E-2012-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 17 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790119002769I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF FROM AN ICY RUNWAY

## Other reports on N4461E (2)

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

- [Accident 19830711029639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830711029639A), Jul 11, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N4461E), Dixie, WA, Substantial damage. Rough engine en route. Made a precautionary landing in tall wheat field. Left main gear sheared on hitting a hole.
- [Incident 19830111008579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830111008579I), Jan 11, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N4461E), Kalispell, MT, Minor damage. Low on fuel. Tried to land at pilot controlled field lighting without keying mike. Hit lights and snow berm.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.