19790515026839I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Dyersville, IA · May 15, 1979

Date
May 15, 1979 · 21:10 local
Place
Dyersville, IA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N55305
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total520 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit during cruise. Pilot landed safely in field. Drive gear on engine came loose due to sheared dowel pin.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DURING CRUISE. PILOT LANDED SAFELY IN FIELD. DRIVE GEAR ON ENGINE CAME LOOSE DUE TO SHEARED DOWEL PIN.

Other reports on N55305 · 1

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