# Incident 19900425022419I: Piper PA38112, Port Isabel, TX, April 25, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1990, 10:00 local time
- Place: Port Isabel, TX
- Airport: Port Isabel/ Cameron County Ar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0658° N, 97.3098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Isabel, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0658&lon=-97.3098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2472G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2472G-2019-08-28) (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: 1,030 total, 25 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900425022419I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE COWLING DEPARTED ON APPROACH. STRUCK ELEVATOR AND STABILIZER. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND COWLING UNLATCHED.

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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