# Incident 19780624034599I: Piper PA28235, Wink, TX, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978, 07:15 local time
- Place: Wink, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7545° N, 103.1541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wink, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7545&lon=-103.1541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N419CC-1981-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 750 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/19780624034599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON AN AIRPORT DUE TO SEVERE VIBRATION. 5 INCHES OF A TIP HAD SEPARATED FROM THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N419CC (1)

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

- [Accident 19810221005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810221005029A), Feb 21, 1981: Piper PA28235 (N419CC), Amarillo, TX, Destroyed. Lost directional control of airplane on takeoff roll. Ran off side of runway into parked aircraft.

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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