# Accident 19800920042569A: Piper PA38112, El Paso, TX, September 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2471D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2471D-1990-07-16) (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: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQD16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800920042569A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTYTANK.

## 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 FTW80FQD16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQD16), Sep 20, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N2471D), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2471D (1)

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

- [Accident 19890813028839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890813028839A), Aug 13, 1989: Piper PA38112 (N2471D), Benson, AZ, Destroyed. Saw brief smoke from under dash en route. Turned everything off and crash landed after smoke had ceased.

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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