# Accident 19810104000379A: Piper PA38112, Hennessey, OK, January 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1981, 13:15 local time
- Place: Hennessey, OK
- Airport: Siegmann
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1058° N, 97.8986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hennessey, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1058&lon=-97.8986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2405L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2405L-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 31 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FPJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104000379A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE APPROACHES TO UNSCHEDULED PRIVATE FIELD. SAW BULL ON RUNWAY, PANICKED. STALLED, VEERED OFF, HIT TREE.

## 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 FTW81FPJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ08), Jan 4, 1981: Piper PA-38 (N2405L), Hennessey, OK, substantial damage

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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