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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Moline, IL · February 19, 1979

Date: February 19, 1979 · 14:45 local
Place: Moline, IL
Airport: Quad City
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3393R
Reported as: Piper PA28180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 291 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3393RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-5672 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Landed short without engine power weak spark on one mag. No other malfunction found.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SHORT WITHOUT ENGINE POWER WEAK SPARK ON ONE MAG. NO OTHER MALFUNCTION FOUND.

Other reports on N3393R · 1

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

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