# Accident 19810103000189A: Piper PA38112, Fink, TX, January 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1981, 17:45 local time
- Place: Fink, TX
- Airport: Hi Tex
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8418° N, 96.6697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HITEX (9TX7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8418&lon=-96.6697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2523L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2523L-1984-02-13) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 3 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FPA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810103000189A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLIMB ON LIFTOFF FROM SHORT GRASS RUNWAY. STRUCK TREES OFF END OF RUNWA. POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT.

## 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 FTW81FPA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPA05), Jan 3, 1981: Piper PA-38 (N2523L), Fink, TX, 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.

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