# Incident 19780901016709I: Piper PA34200, St James, MI, September 1, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1978, 21:30 local time
- Place: St James, MI
- Airport: Welke
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 45.7213° N, 85.5197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELKE (6Y8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7213&lon=-85.5197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56425 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,226 total, 120 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/19780901016709I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING DAMAGED PROP. PILOT TOOK OFF AND LATER LANDED AT ANOTHER AIRPORT>

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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