# Incident 19880704036119I: Piper PA28235, Germanville, PA, July 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1988, 18:15 local time
- Place: Germanville, PA
- Airport: Flying M Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2164° N, 80.0937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING M RANCH (4PN0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2164&lon=-80.0937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55192 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 60 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880704036119I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE VIBRATION ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED AND FOUND 7 INCHES OF PROP BLADE TIP HAD BROKEN OFF DUE TO A STRESS CRACK.

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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