# Incident 19870404016889I: Piper PA38112, Los Angeles, CA, April 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1987, 17:00 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2420F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2420F-2021-07-03) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870404016889I

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENTS ENGINE RAN ROUGH, LANDED ON A BOULEVARD. WINGTIP HIT A POST. ENGINE DEFECT TO BE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N2420F (2)

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

- [Accident 20201202020079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201202020079A), Dec 2, 2020: Piper PA-38-112 (N2420F), Pembroke Pines, FL, Substantial damage. CFI and a student pilot were performing touch and go's when on the upwind leg of their 3rd landing a quick burning smell followed by the carbon monoxide…
- [Incident 20030531024259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531024259I), May 31, 2003: Piper PA38112 (N2420F), Brookshire, TX, Minor damage. (-23) At 4500 feet, enroute to fredericksburg, Texas, lost power. Thereafter could not develop power above idle. On landing in field, struck fence post causing…

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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