# Accident 19860805087359A: Piper PA38112, Farmingdale, NY, August 5, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1986, 15:39 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7328° N, 73.3949° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7328&lon=-73.3949&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9359T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9359T-1989-01-04) (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: 173 total, 41 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860805087359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF. CRASH LANDED IN ADJACENT CEMETARY. NO CAUSE FOR ENGINE POWER LOSS FOUND.

## 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 NYC86LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA198), Aug 5, 1986: Piper PA-38-112 (N9359T), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage

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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