# Incident 19800601051209I: Piper PA38112, Phoenix, AZ, June 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2326A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2326A-1991-02-28) (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: 70 total, 35 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/19800601051209I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER APPLYING POWER FOR TAKEOFF. HIT A TAXIWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N2326A (1)

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

- [Accident 19880519015109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880519015109A), May 19, 1988: Piper PA38112 (N2326A), Green Valley, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Appears student stalled either intentionally or in error, went to flat spin and crash. No spin training. Not required

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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