# Accident 19850721032799A: Piper PA38112, Graford, TX, July 21, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1985, 02:20 local time
- Place: Graford, TX
- Airport: Possum Kingdom
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9233° N, 98.4369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POSSUM KINGDOM (F35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9233&lon=-98.4369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2323E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2323E-1988-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 100 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850721032799A

## Narrative

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

DIVERTED DUE TO LACK OF RUNWAY LIGHTS. RAN OUT OF FUEL AND SPIRALED TO LANDING, OVERSHOT, LANDED BESIDE RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW85LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA293), Jul 21, 1985: Piper PA-38-112 (N2323E), Graford, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N2323E (1)

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

- [Incident 19800802086809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802086809I), Aug 2, 1980: Piper PA38112 (N2323E), Mineral Wells, TX, Minor damage. Pilot ran off side or runway during touch and go landing,tried to takeoff,then stalled damaging gear and prop

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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