# Accident 19820813039749A: Piper PA38112, Lancaster, PA, August 13, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1982, 12:11 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2454F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2454F-1982-11-16) (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: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FGT17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGT17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820813039749A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO EXPERIENCED MEDICAL PROBLEM, AFTER GO-AROUND RECALLED NOTHING UNTIL CRASH.

## 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 NYC82FGT17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGT17), Aug 13, 1982: Piper PA-38 (N2454F), Lancaster, PA, destroyed

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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