# Incident 19780304015289I: Piper PA28151, Mason City, IA, March 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1978, 10:24 local time
- Place: Mason City, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1478° N, 93.2004° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mason City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1478&lon=-93.2004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44270, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44270-1991-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 9 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780304015289I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS LOOKING INSIDE COCKPIT AFTER ENGINE START. AIRPLANE MOVED FORWARD, STRIKING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N44270 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780817037879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780817037879I), Aug 17, 1978: Piper PA28151 (N44270), Waterloo, IA, Minor damage. Hard landing damaged nose gear and prop.

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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