# Incident 19850701035659I: Piper PA44180, Prescott, AZ, July 1, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1985, 08:28 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2138G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2138G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850701035659I

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSION AND SMOKE IN COCKPIT WHILE IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. SAFE LANDING. DISCOVERED GUNSHOT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2138G (1)

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

- [Incident 19911016046789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911016046789I), Oct 16, 1991: Piper PA44180 (N2138G), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on a full stop landing.

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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