# Incident 19800909069919I: Piper PA38112, Cumberland, MD, September 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6517° N, 78.7579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cumberland, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6517&lon=-78.7579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2386K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2386K-1982-10-04) (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: 550 total, 70 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/19800909069919I

## Narrative

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

SIDE LOAD DURING CROSSWIND LANDING DEMONSTRATION CAUSED LANDING GEAR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2386K (1)

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

- [Accident 19820801033719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820801033719A), Aug 1, 1982: Piper PA38112 (N2386K), Keyser, MD, Destroyed. Elected to go-around on attempt to land on a short grass strip. Failed to climb due to flaps down. Struck trees.

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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