# Accident 19820626024869A: Piper PA38112, Fellsmere, FL, June 26, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1982, 12:30 local time
- Place: Fellsmere, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 27.7678° N, 80.6014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fellsmere, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7678&lon=-80.6014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2437K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2437K-2014-09-19) (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 O235*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 177 total, 177 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82DA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820626024869A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE LOST POWER DURING TRAINING MANEUVERS.

## 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 MIA82DA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA141), Jun 26, 1982: Piper PA-38-112 (N2437K), Fellsmere, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2437K (1)

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

- [Accident 19900701022982A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900701022982A), Jul 1, 1990: Piper PA38112 (N2437K), Florence, AL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. While changing position in unauthorized formation flying collided with N2409K severing its tail. Both crashed.

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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