# Incident 19790705018779I: Piper PA38112, St Charles, MO, July 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7957° N, 90.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7957&lon=-90.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2388T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2388T) (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: 1,025 total, 200 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/19790705018779I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING POWER OFF LANDING, MADE SHALLOW TURN TO FINAL, STALLED LEFT WING DROPPED STRUCK GROUND

## Other reports on N2388T (1)

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

- [Accident 19790918026379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790918026379A), Sep 18, 1979: Piper PA38112 (N2388T), Jerseyville, IL, Substantial damage. Engine stopped during practice approach to plowed field. Landed, nosed up. Forgot to enrich mixture.

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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