# Incident 19820220007509I: Piper PA38112, Medina, OH, February 20, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1982, 16:45 local time
- Place: Medina, OH
- Airport: Freedom
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1346° N, 81.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medina, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1346&lon=-81.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2441B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2441B-2012-08-14) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 98 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820220007509I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE POWER. LANDED SAFELY IN FARM FIELD. HAD FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. FAILED TO SWITCH TANKS.

## Other reports on N2441B (1)

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

- [Incident 19791028053859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791028053859I), Oct 28, 1979: Piper PA38112 (N2441B), Akron, OH, Minor damage. Nose strut collapsed in hard landing.

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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