# Accident 19840908047569A: Piper PA38112, Ellendale, DE, September 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1984, 13:15 local time
- Place: Ellendale, DE
- Airport: West
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7991° N, 75.4192° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7991&lon=-75.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2414L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840908047569A

## Narrative

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

VEERED INTO VEGETATION DURING CROSSWIND PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. STUDENT HAD NOTED HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE.

## 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 NYC84LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA312), Sep 8, 1984: Piper PA-38-112 (N2414L), Ellendale, DE, 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.