# Accident 19840203003179A: Piper PA38112, Fullerton, CA, February 3, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1984, 17:04 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8860° N, 117.9753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8860&lon=-117.9753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91522 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,484 total, 100 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840203003179A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT FORM A TOUCH AND GO. LANDED IN MUDDY FIELD OFF AIRPORT. CONDITIONS RIGHT FOR CARB ICING.

## 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 LAX84FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA164), Feb 4, 1984: Piper PA-38-112 (N91522), Fullerton, CA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.