# Accident 19840523061079A: Piper PA38112, St Petersburg B, FL, May 23, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1984, 19:00 local time
- Place: St Petersburg B, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2552A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2552A-1991-03-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 0 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840523061079A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED AFTER AIRCRAFT COMPLETED ONE ROLL AT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GLUF OF MEXICO.

## 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 MIA84FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA170), May 23, 1984: Piper PA-38-112 (N2552A), St.Petersburg, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N2552A (1)

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

- [Incident 19791220049009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791220049009I), Dec 20, 1979: Piper PA38112 (N2552A), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. Pilot taxied too fast to stop an end of runway, ran off runway.

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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