# Incident 19800816067149I: Piper PA38112, Cypress, TX, August 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1980, 10:15 local time
- Place: Cypress, TX
- Airport: Weiser
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9691° N, 95.6972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cypress, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9691&lon=-95.6972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2536K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2536K-1982-10-07) (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: 24 total, 24 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/19800816067149I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A CROSSWIND TAKEOFF. NOSE GEAR TORQUE LINK HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N2536K (1)

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

- [Accident 19820123001999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820123001999A), Jan 23, 1982: Piper PA38112 (N2536K), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot claims wind shear or turbulence just before touchdown. This caused hard landing.

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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