# Incident 20081004846639I: Piper PA38112, Fort Worth, TX, October 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Kenneth Copeland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9776° N, 97.4923° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENNETH COPELAND (4T2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9776&lon=-97.4923&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2402G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2402G-2025-05-02) (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: 347 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081004846639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TAXIED AT AN UNSAFE SPEED RESULTING IN THE INABILITY TO TURN EFFECTIVELY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED SOUTH OFF THE AIRPORT APRON ACROSS THE NW/SE RUNWAY, THEN ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OF GRASS BEFORE PASSING THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND THEN TURNING RIGHT IN A FARMERS FIELD. AFTER TURNING RIGHT INTO THE FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.

## Other reports on N2402G (1)

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

- [Incident 19860313043769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860313043769I), Mar 13, 1986: Piper PA38112 (N2402G), Rigby, ID. After demonstrating a series of stalls, engine would not accelerate. Landed in a field. Cause unknown.

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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