# Incident 19850728053679I: Piper PA38112, Norwood, MA, July 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1985, 18:00 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1874° N, 71.1960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norwood, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1874&lon=-71.1960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2418K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2418K) (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: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728053679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING APPROACH TO WRONG AIRPORT. ATC ALERTED PILOT WHO LANDED AT CORRECT AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2418K (1)

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

- [Incident 19790723021159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790723021159I), Jul 23, 1979: Piper PA38112 (N2418K), Warner Robins, GA. Oil temp went off scale and pressure dropped, with instrument lights in gauges intermittently reading normal.

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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