# Accident 19840403008409A: Piper PA38112, Forty Fort, PA, April 3, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1984, 15:10 local time
- Place: Forty Fort, PA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2801° N, 75.8732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forty Fort, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2801&lon=-75.8732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23217, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23217-2017-11-08) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840403008409A

## Narrative

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

SOLO TOUCH AND GO. LOST CONTROL. SWERVED DAMAGING A WING AND GEAR.

## 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 NYC84LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA131), Apr 3, 1984: Piper PA-38-112 (N23217), Forty Fort, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N23217 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960606019499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606019499I), Jun 6, 1996: Piper PA38112 (N23217), Williamsport, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: student pilot on solo cross country flight lost control of aircraft during landing attempt. The aircraft bounced three times before nosing over. The…

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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