# Incident 19820627046859I: Piper PA38112, Gila Bend, AZ, June 27, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1982, 16:50 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9478° N, 112.7168° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gila Bend, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9478&lon=-112.7168&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2359L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2359L-1991-01-29) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 71 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820627046859I

## Narrative

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

PILOT GOT LOST, CONTACTED ATC BUT RAN OUT OF FUEL BEFORE REACHING AIRPORT. LANDED IN DESERT, HIT NOSE GEAR, PROP.

## Other reports on N2359L (2)

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

- [Accident 19900507014869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900507014869A), May 7, 1990: Piper PA38112 (N2359L), Jean, NV, Destroyed. Circling airport on downwind side of a mountain. Got into windshear and downdraft. Impacted wing low.
- [Incident 19790324011389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790324011389I), Mar 24, 1979: Piper PA38112 (N2359L), Albuquerque, NM. Foreign object damage caused fuel needle valve to malfunction. Engine flooded out.

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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