# Accident 19840410068649A: Piper PA38112, Lake Mathews, CA, April 10, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1984, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lake Mathews, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8250° N, 117.3683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Mathews, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8250&lon=-117.3683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2314P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2314P-1993-05-20) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 491 total, 12 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840410068649A

## Narrative

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

PLANE CRASHED BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT CLIMB AFTER SIMULATED EMERGENCY APPROACH. ENGINE WOULD NOT PRODUCE FULL POWER.

## 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 LAX84LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA250), Apr 10, 1984: Piper PA-38-112 (N2314P), Lake Mathews, 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.

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