# Accident 19841024058569A: Piper PA38112, Berthold, ND, October 24, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1984, 18:22 local time
- Place: Berthold, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3104° N, 101.7292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3104&lon=-101.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23152 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 3 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85LTG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LTG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841024058569A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO IFR CONDITIONS, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FLEW INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 DEN85LTG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LTG02), Oct 24, 1984: Piper PA-38-112 (N23152), Berthold, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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