# Accident 20201202020079A: Piper PA-38-112, Pembroke Pines, FL, December 2, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2020, 07:50 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0036° N, 80.2351° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0036&lon=-80.2351&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 PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 27 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201202020079A

## Narrative

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

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 DETECTOR TURNING BLACK AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT GROUNDS.  BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA21LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA059), Dec 2, 2020: Piper PA38 (N2420F), Pembroke Pines, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel contamination.

## Other reports on N2420F (2)

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

- [Incident 20030531024259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531024259I), May 31, 2003: Piper PA38112 (N2420F), Brookshire, TX, Minor damage. (-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…
- [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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