# Incident 19890509020039I: Piper PA38112, Farmingdale, NY, May 9, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1989, 09:30 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2378K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2378K-2017-06-28) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890509020039I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK WHILE TAXIING WHEN INSTRUCTOR REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP HIS HEADSET.

## Other reports on N2378K (1)

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

- [Accident 20060519030649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060519030649A), May 19, 2006: Piper PA38112 (N2378K), La Porte, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The 1979 Piper tomahawk crashed and flipped inverted after a downwind take-off. The 18 year old student pilot, who was the sole occupant, suffered minor…

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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