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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31 · Rapid City, SD · December 31, 1979

Date: December 31, 1979 · 20:00 local
Place: Rapid City, SD
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9218Y
Reported as: Piper PA31
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,400 total85 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9218YRegistered now · Piper PA-31S/N 31-282 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-31 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Engine shut down due to vibration. Found prop blade had separated.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION. FOUND PROP BLADE HAD SEPARATED.

Other reports on N9218Y · 2

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

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