# Incident 19821126066069I: Piper PA38112, Ellington, CT, November 26, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1982, 15:15 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Wysocki
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9454° N, 72.4776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WYSOCKI FLD (CT15), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9454&lon=-72.4776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23338, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23338-1983-05-19) (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: 67 total, 66 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821126066069I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ENCOUNTERED UNFORECAST RAIN AND FOG ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. ELECTED TO LAND IN A GRASS STRIP. RAN OFF END.

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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