# Incident 19820303013189I: Piper PA38112, Niles, MI, March 3, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1982, 14:45 local time
- Place: Niles, MI
- Airport: Jerry Tyler Memor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8345° N, 86.2479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Niles, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8345&lon=-86.2479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2539L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2539L-1990-08-06) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 35 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820303013189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND. GUST RAISED RIGHT WING ON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT INTO SNOWBANK ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2539L (1)

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

- [Incident 19881129064139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881129064139I), Nov 29, 1988: Piper PA38112 (N2539L), Shawnee, OK. Experienced fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in a field. No damage or injuries. Pilot admitted fuel mismanagement.

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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