# Accident 19900308003519A: Piper PA38112, Grand Prairie, TX, March 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1990, 07:22 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7305° N, 97.0000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7305&lon=-97.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2456P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2456P-1990-10-30) (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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900308003519A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF INTO LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY. FLEW PATTERN IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS STALLED TURNING STEEP FINAL.

## 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 FTW90FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA079), Mar 8, 1990: Piper PA-38-112 (N2456P), Grand Prairie, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE CFI PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED, AND THE RESULTANT INADVERTENT STALL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE EXISTING LOW CEILING.

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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