# Incident 19791231035519I: Piper PA31, Rapid City, SD, December 31, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9218Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9218Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 85 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/19791231035519I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19890120008779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890120008779I), Jan 20, 1989: Piper PA31310 (N9218Y), Madison, WI, Minor damage. Engine fire during rollout. Fire extinguished by fire truck. Oil leaking from turbo charger caused fire.
- [Incident 19871013071019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871013071019I), Oct 13, 1987: Piper PA31310 (N9218Y), Superior, WI, Minor damage. The aircraft struck two deer on landing roll at night.

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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