# Incident 19880501037669I: Piper PA38112, Cedar Park, TX, May 1, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cedar Park, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5102° N, 97.8186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Park, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5102&lon=-97.8186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4405E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4405E-2000-08-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 140 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/19880501037669I

## Narrative

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

ENGILNE FAILED EN ROUTE. LANDED SAFELY IN A OPEN FIELD. FOUND 2 BROKEN CONNECTING RODS.

## Other reports on N4405E (1)

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

- [Accident 19960818023089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960818023089A), Aug 18, 1996: Piper PA38112 (N4405E), Tuscaloosa, AL, Substantial damage. Collided with police antenna during search for friends home at unsafe low altitude. Regained control returned to tcl

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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