# Accident 19881203052369A: Piper PA38112, Houston, TX, December 3, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1988, 17:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0899° N, 95.6103° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0899&lon=-95.6103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2379V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2379V-2014-09-10) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 202 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881203052369A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED POWER LOSS ON BASE LEG. WRECKAGE INDICATES STALL  INTO SMALL FIELD. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. ENGINE OK

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA028), Dec 3, 1988: Piper PA-38-112 (N2379V), Tomball, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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