# Incident 20030722021819I: Piper PA38112, Hammond, LA, July 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Hammond, LA
- Airport: Hammond Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5060° N, 90.4549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5060&lon=-90.4549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2357E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2357E-2020-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,750 total, 75 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030722021819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED ON A CLOSED RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY WAS NOTAM CLOSED AND X'S PLACED ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INITIALLY DEPARTED TLH WITH A FUEL STOP IN PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI. THE FUEL PUMPS AT PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI WERE INOPERATIVE. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO PURCHASE FUEL. THE LINEMAN AT PICAYNE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PILOT STOP AT HAMMOND, LOUISIANA SINCE IT WAS ON THE WAY TO PHOENIX, AX. WHEN THE PILOT ARRIVED AT HAMMOND HE WAS DOWN TO 30 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING, SO HE DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31. THE RUNWAY HAD NO WORKERS ON THE PORTION HE LANDED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY. THE DERIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION HAD COMPUTER PROBLEMS AT THE TIME OF THIS FLIGHT AND THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE THE NOTAMS.

## Other reports on N2357E (3)

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

- [Incident 20051002025019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051002025019I), Oct 2, 2005: Piper PA38112 (N2357E), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot porpoised on landing. This resulted in a hard landing and a nose gear collapse. Weather was not a factor. This aircraft is certificated as…
- [Accident 19861116055569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861116055569A), Nov 16, 1986: Piper PA38112 (N2357E), Gaylord, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck a snowbank while landing on a closed runway. Pilot failed to check NOTAMS.
- [Incident 19781227020149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227020149I), Dec 27, 1978: Piper PA38112 (N2357E), Howell, MI, Minor damage. Student pilot hit the runway nose first. Nose gear collapsed.

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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