# Accident 19800526017969A: Piper PA38112, Mesa, AZ, May 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2383L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2383L-1990-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526017969A

## Narrative

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

WHILE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING APPROACHS, AIRPLANE HIT POWER LINES.

## 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 LAX80DUJ60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ60), May 26, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N2383L), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2383L (1)

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

- [Incident 19870611061199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870611061199I), Jun 11, 1987: Piper PA38112 (N2383L), Marshfield, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft stalled 20 feet above runway. CFI attempted recovery after a bounce. Landed on the nose gear.

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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