# Incident 19790421024609I: Piper PA28/, Moline, IL, April 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1979, 16:10 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Airport: Quad City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4600° N, 90.4929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUAD-CITY (I04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4600&lon=-90.4929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43625, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43625) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790421024609I

## Narrative

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

VIBRATION AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO BROKEN AND DANGLING LEFT MAIN. IT FELL INTO A MARSH AND WAS NOT RECOVERED.

## Other reports on N43625 (2)

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

- [Incident 19820708037469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820708037469I), Jul 8, 1982: Piper PA28151 (N43625), Iowa City, IA, Minor damage. Bounced on landing, pushed wheel forward, caused aircraft to land on nose wheel. Damaged strut, prop and cowling.
- [Incident 19780210005809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780210005809I), Feb 10, 1978: Piper PA28151 (N43625), Muscatine, IA, Minor damage. Pilot mistook runway edge for the center line. One wheel in snow pulled aircraft into runway lights, snowbank.

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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