# Accident 19970102041269A: Piper PA38112, Lorain - Elyria, OH, January 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1997, 18:00 local time
- Place: Lorain - Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3443° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LORAIN COUNTY RGNL (LPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3443&lon=-82.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2587G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2587G-2013-11-08) (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: 17,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970102041269A

## Narrative

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

FAA FOUND PLANE WITH DAMAGED WING, AILERON AND FLAP. ON APPROACH WING HIT TREE. WENT AROUND. LAND AT ALTERNATE. (-23) AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK TREE(S) WHILE ATTEMPTING AN APPROACH TO COLUMBIA STATION, OH, AIRPORT (4GB).  EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AND FLEW DIRECT TO AND LANDED AT LORAIN COUNTY OH AIRPORT (22G). FAA INSPECTORS FOUND AIRCRAFT ON 22G AND ISSUED CONDITION NOTICE AND OPENED ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.  DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, FLAP, AND AILERON IS JUDGED SUBSTANTIAL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N2587G (2)

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

- [Accident 19961230045819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961230045819A), Dec 30, 1996: Piper PA38112 (N2587G), Columbia Statio, OH, Substantial damage. Too low on night approach. Struck trees. Remained aloft. Diverted to 22G. CFI had s tudent make approach unlit rwy. (-23) during a night instructional flight…
- [Incident 19810428028929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810428028929I), Apr 28, 1981: Piper PA38112 (N2587G), Lincoln, NE, Minor damage. Student pilot allowed aircraft to settle on takeoff, prop struck runway.

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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