# Incident 19830223009149I: Piper PA38112, St Paul, MN, February 23, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1983, 15:30 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25687, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25687-1994-06-24) (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: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830223009149I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTING ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THE STUDENT LOST CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED INTO A SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N25687 (3)

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

- [Accident 19890727025429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890727025429A), Jul 27, 1989: Piper PA38112 (N25687), River Falls, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Engine quit during an aerobatic manuever. Aircraft stalled and spun into trees. Found primer unlocked.
- [Accident 19840921055269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840921055269A), Sep 21, 1984: Piper PA38112 (N25687), Lake Elmo, MN, Substantial damage. Landed 50 feet to side of runway at night. Right landing gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19831218061459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831218061459A), Dec 18, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N25687), Hayward, WI, Substantial damage. Landed on a snow and ice covered runway. Veered off into asnowbank on the rollout. Aircraft stopped inverted.

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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