# Incident 19880803043159I: Piper PA38112, Nashville, TN, August 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1988, 10:45 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville Metropolitan
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FKGA
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9886T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9886T-2013-05-30) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880803043159I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON CROSSCOUNTRY BECAME DISORIENTED, LOST. LANDED AT NASHVILLE BY MISTAKE, WITHOUT CONTACTING THE TOWER.

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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