# Accident 19800120001209A: Piper PA38112, Anoka, MN, January 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1980, 11:20 local time
- Place: Anoka, MN
- Airport: Anoka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 45.2144° N, 93.3916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anoka, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2144&lon=-93.3916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2536A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2536A) (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: 374 total, 2 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DER20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800120001209A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED STUDENT TO LAND ON NOSEWHEEL, COLLAPSING SAME.

## 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 MKC80DER20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER20), Jan 20, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N2536A), Anoka, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2536A (2)

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

- [Incident 19890309029829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890309029829I), Mar 9, 1989: Piper PA38112 (N2536A), Shelbyville, IL, Minor damage. Left gear contacted snow on left side of plowed runway. Veered into snow damaging propeller and nose wheel.
- [Accident 19870123001369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870123001369A), Jan 23, 1987: Piper PA38112 (N2536A), Decatur, IL, Substantial damage. The student failed to maintain directional control on takeoff. The aircraft struck a snowbank by the side of runway

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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