# Accident 19821130060709A: Piper PA38112, El Paso, TX, November 30, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1982, 13:10 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: West Texas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2521N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 51 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821130060709A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY WHEN PILOT LOST CONTROL ON AIRCRAFT LANDING IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

## 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 FTW83LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA048), Nov 30, 1982: Piper PA-38-112 (N2521N), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

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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