# Accident 19811001064549A: Piper PA38112, Gadsden, AL, October 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1981, 08:30 local time
- Place: Gadsden, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 34.0143° N, 86.0066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gadsden, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0143&lon=-86.0066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2591C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2591C-2014-09-22) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811001064549A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO RECOVER FROM UNINTENTIONAL SPIN ENTERED DURING PRACTICE STALL.STUDENT NOT TRAINED IN SPIN PROCEDURES.

## 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 ATL82FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA001), Oct 1, 1981: Piper PA-38 (N2591C), Gadsden, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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