# Incident 20030531024259I: Piper PA38112, Brookshire, TX, May 31, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Brookshire, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7824° N, 95.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brookshire, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7824&lon=-95.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2420F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2420F-2021-07-03) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 210 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531024259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 4500 FEET, ENROUTE TO FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS, LOST POWER. THEREAFTER COULD NOT DEVELOP POWER ABOVE IDLE. ON LANDING IN FIELD, STRUCK FENCE POST CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO WING ROOT FAIRING. MECHANIC DID ENGINE RUN UP AND DISCOVERED ONE MAGNETO INOPERATIVE, THE OTHER MAGNETO WEAK.

## Other reports on N2420F (2)

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

- [Accident 20201202020079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201202020079A), Dec 2, 2020: Piper PA-38-112 (N2420F), Pembroke Pines, FL, Substantial damage. CFI and a student pilot were performing touch and go's when on the upwind leg of their 3rd landing a quick burning smell followed by the carbon monoxide…
- [Incident 19870404016889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870404016889I), Apr 4, 1987: Piper PA38112 (N2420F), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Solo students engine ran rough, landed on a boulevard. Wingtip hit a post. Engine defect to be reported.

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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