# Incident 19830310013719I: Piper PA38112, Cheyenne, WY, March 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1983, 07:00 local time
- Place: Cheyenne, WY
- Airport: Cheyenne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1400° N, 104.8202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheyenne, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1400&lon=-104.8202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43DR-1997-12-13) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830310013719I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO TRIED TO AVOID ICE CHUNK ON TAXIWAY. WING TIP HIT A SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N43DR (3)

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

- [Accident 19970917027029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970917027029A), Sep 17, 1997: Piper PA38112 (N43DR), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Landed short rna onto runway. Struck runway light. (.4)the student pilot reported that while on final approach, she added a second notch of flaps. She then…
- [Accident 19880508015219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880508015219A), May 8, 1988: Piper PA38112 (N43DR), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Student made hard landing. Right main gear collapsed due to attach bolt failure from overstress and metal fatigue.
- [Accident 19840819041729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840819041729A), Aug 19, 1984: Piper PA38112 (N43DR), Cheyenne, WY, Substantial damage. Right wing struck a construction barier taxiing to park. Was off taxiway line. Lineman assisting failed to notice.

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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