# Accident 19801112063319A: Piper PA38112, Strongsville, OH, November 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1980, 14:10 local time
- Place: Strongsville, OH
- Airport: Strongsville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3128° N, 81.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Strongsville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3128&lon=-81.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2580N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2580N-1982-12-30) (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: 21 total, 20 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEI07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801112063319A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO MADE TWO ATTEMPTS TO LAND, WAS TOO HIGH. ON THIRD APPROACH HIT TREE TOP AND POWER LINE.

## 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 CHI81FEI07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI07), Nov 12, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N2580N), Strongsville, OH, destroyed

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.