# Incident 19800318040399I: Piper PA38112, Des Moines, IA, March 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2538N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2538N-2013-03-11) (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: 29 total, 29 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/19800318040399I

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST CAUSED MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL ON FINAL APPROACH. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2538N (1)

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

- [Accident 19960814022599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960814022599A), Aug 14, 1996: Piper PA38112 (N2538N), Fairbury, NE, Substantial damage. (.4)The student pilot landed the airplane in a farm field after becoming disoriented and low on fuel. The student called his instructor who flew to a nearby…

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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