# Incident 19850403033969I: Piper PA38112, Lincoln, NE, April 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1985, 15:10 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2471N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2471N) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 298 total, 68 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850403033969I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO CORRECT VEERING AIRCRAFT. ABORTED TAKEOFF. RAN OFF RUNWAY STRIKING RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N2471N (2)

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

- [Incident 19960123003049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960123003049I), Jan 23, 1996: Piper PA38112 (N2471N), Clovis, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: student pilot, on second solo flight, was landing on runway 30 with surface winds from 270 degrees gust to 29 knots. Pilot states he could not…
- [Incident 19831218072219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831218072219I), Dec 18, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N2471N), Scottsbluff, NE, Minor damage. Student lost control on takeoff roll. Ran into a snowdrift and then it lip of runway causing propeller 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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