# Incident 19860224013559I: Piper PA28R201T, Jacksonville, FL, February 24, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1986
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8385A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8385A-1988-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 400 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/19860224013559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW ATC INSTRUCTIONS ON ENTRY TO PATTERN.REPORTED ON RIGHT BASE WHEN IN FACT HE WAS ON LEFT BASE.

## Other reports on N8385A (1)

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

- [Incident 19880706037249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880706037249I), Jul 6, 1988: Piper PA28R201T (N8385A), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Emergency landing due to smoke in cockpit. Found piston in NR3 cylinder had failed.

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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