# Incident 19780624034589I: Piper PA28/, Walker, MI, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978, 14:09 local time
- Place: Walker, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9965° N, 85.7563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walker, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9965&lon=-85.7563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6372W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6372W-1985-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 356 total, 251 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/19780624034589I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WAS SHUT DOWN. AN EXHAUST VALVE HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N6372W (1)

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

- [Accident 19840107001249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107001249A), Jan 7, 1984: Piper PA28140 (N6372W), Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Drifted left of centerline on landing. Wing caught a snowbank. Aircraft rotated into snowbank and flipped over.

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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