# Incident 19880819047429I: Piper PA38112, Lake Elmo, MN, August 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1988, 19:15 local time
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2372V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2372V-1995-11-07) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 33 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880819047429I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT MADE HARD LANDING AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2372V (1)

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

- [Accident 19920930039329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920930039329A), Sep 30, 1992: Piper PA38112 (N2372V), Roswell, NM, Substantial damage. Student trying to follow VASI on approach allowed aircraft to stall and crash short of airport.

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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