# Incident 19891007064829I: Piper PA38112, Griffith, IN, October 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Griffith, IN
- Airport: Griffith Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5276° N, 87.4239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Griffith, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5276&lon=-87.4239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2605P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 582 total, 38 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891007064829I

## Narrative

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

PRACTICING SOFT FIELD LANDING PILOT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT RESULTING IN HARD LANDING. GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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