# Incident 19850413020049I: Piper PA38112, Bakersfield, CA, April 13, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1985, 11:45 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Bakersfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3249° N, 118.9960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAKERSFIELD MUNI (L45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3249&lon=-118.9960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2408L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2408L) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850413020049I

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT WAS TAXIING TO GAS STATION WHEN WING STRUCK A 4 FOOT SIGN.

## Other reports on N2408L (1)

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

- [Incident 20100728040079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100728040079I), Jul 28, 2010: Piper PA-38-112 (N2408L), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. A private pilot/commercial student with a passenger onboard was returning from a long x-country from wmj. During the landing flare at fat, (according to the…

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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