# Accident 19800113001479A: Piper PA38112, Fergus Falls, MN, January 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fergus Falls, MN
- Airport: Linar Mickelson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2861° N, 96.0758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fergus Falls, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2861&lon=-96.0758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107WC-2015-05-11) (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: 45 total, 6 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DER22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800113001479A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LANDED IN SEVERE CROSSWIND. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN WIND-INDUCED SKID.

## 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 MKC80DER22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER22), Jan 13, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N107WC), Fergus Falls, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N107WC (2)

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

- [Accident 20110413005949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110413005949A), Apr 13, 2011: Piper PA-38-112 (N107WC), Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. On 04/13/2011 at approximately 1200 local, N107WC a PA-38 airplane crashed upon landing at Meadow Lake Airport, Colorado. One sole aboard, no injury. Airplane…
- [Incident 19950226007569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950226007569I), Feb 26, 1995: Piper PA38112 (N107WC), St Paul, MN, Minor damage. Narrative: student pilot making touch and go landings at lake Elmo (21D) MN. When pilot advanced power aircraft drifted to left. He did not correct in time to…

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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