# Incident 19960123003049I: Piper PA38112, Clovis, NM, January 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Clovis, NM
- Airport: Clovis Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4266° N, 103.0776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLOVIS RGNL (CVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4266&lon=-103.0776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2471N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2471N) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960123003049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT, ON SECOND SOLO FLIGHT, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 WITH SURFACE WINDS FROM 270 DEGREES GUST TO 29 KNOTS. PILOT STATES HE COULD NOT CONTROL AIRCRAFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AND IT DEPARTED RUNWAY TO LEFT. AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED, MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE. STUDENT PILOT COUNSELED ON WIND LIMITS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2471N (2)

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

- [Incident 19850403033969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850403033969I), Apr 3, 1985: Piper PA38112 (N2471N), Lincoln, NE, Minor damage. Pilot unable to correct veering aircraft. Aborted takeoff. Ran off runway striking runway light.
- [Incident 19831218072219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831218072219I), Dec 18, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N2471N), Scottsbluff, NE, Minor damage. Student lost control on takeoff roll. Ran into a snowdrift and then it lip of runway causing propeller damage.

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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