# Accident 19830728038929A: Piper PA38112, Port Manatee, FL, July 28, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1983, 14:30 local time
- Place: Port Manatee, FL
- Airport: Manatee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N25273, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25273-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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: 67 total, 65 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830728038929A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON LANDING, TRIED TO GO AROUND. ENGINE NOT AT FULL POWER. HIT A FENCE, DROPPED INTO WATER AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 MIA83LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA192), Jul 28, 1983: Piper PA-38 (N25273), Port Manatee, FL, 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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