# Incident 19850106002189I: Piper PA38112, Detroit City, MI, January 6, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1985, 16:05 local time
- Place: Detroit City, MI
- Airport: Detroit City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N25920, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25920-2011-04-19) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850106002189I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ON ROLLOUT VEERED OFF RUNWAY. BOTTOM OF WING STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N25920 (4)

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

- [Accident 19960920045619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960920045619A), Sep 20, 1996: Piper PA38112 (N25920), Mount Vernon, MO, Substantial damage. Lost power on inital climbout. Reported took off carb heat on. Rich mixture fouled plugs. Hit ditch landing.
- [Incident 19881004053629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881004053629I), Oct 4, 1988: Piper PA38112 (N25920), Jackson, MI. Emergency landing due to rough engine. Landed on grass between runways and hit a taxi light.
- [Incident 19880604070529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880604070529I), Jun 4, 1988: Piper PA38112 (N25920), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. Notified tower had engine problem. Landed between runways. Lost directional control. Hit taxiway light.
- [Accident 19830103000059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830103000059A), Jan 3, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N25920), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing causing substantial damage to aircraft.

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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