# Incident 19871007066759I: Piper PA38112, Danville, VA, October 7, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Danville, VA
- Airport: Danville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 36.5725° N, 79.3363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANVILLE RGNL (DAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5725&lon=-79.3363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25693, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25693-1992-05-07) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871007066759I

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY SIDE AND STRUCK A LIGHT.

## Other reports on N25693 (2)

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

- [Incident 19861019065879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861019065879I), Oct 19, 1986: Piper PA38112 (N25693), Danville, VA, Minor damage. Acknowledged taxi into position by ATC. Proceeded to depart without being cleared to takeoff.
- [Accident 19830510026579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830510026579A), May 10, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N25693), Lynchburg, VA, Substantial damage. Bounded on landing. Student unable to stop porpoising madeit worse. Collapsed the gear and buckled the cabin floor.

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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