# Incident 19860302010299I: Piper J5A, Devils Lake, ND, March 2, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1986, 12:00 local time
- Place: Devils Lake, ND
- Airport: Devils Lake Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1166° N, 98.9100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEVILS LAKE RGNL (DVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1166&lon=-98.9100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32887, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32887) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J5A (registry code 7100702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860302010299I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING MADE WITH RESULTANT DAMAGE TO THE GEAR ATTACH POINTS.

## Other reports on N32887 (1)

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

- [Accident 19871031061779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871031061779A), Oct 31, 1987: Piper J5A (N32887), Devils Lake, ND, Substantial damage. Practicing a crop spraying pass. During the turn around reported power loss. Aircraft stalled. Crashed into a lake.

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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