# Incident 19830316015009I: Piper PA38112, Farmingdale, NY, March 16, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1983, 10:04 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2575C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2575C-2013-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 70 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830316015009I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND FOULED SPARK PLUGS AND A SHORTED IGNITION LEAD.

## Other reports on N2575C (1)

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

- [Incident 19850330014609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850330014609I), Mar 30, 1985: Piper PA38112 (N2575C), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. Student unable to correct direction of travel on rollout, struck VASI lights.

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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