# Incident 19911024053269I: Piper PA28140, Centre Hall, PA, October 24, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1991, 13:00 local time
- Place: Centre Hall, PA
- Airport: Penns Cove Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8447° N, 77.6851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Centre Hall, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8447&lon=-77.6851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N429FL-1994-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911024053269I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE VIBRATION. ATC VECTORED PILOT TO AIRPORT. PROPELLER BLADE HAD SEPARATED. ALTERNATOR SEPARATED FROM MOUNTING

## Other reports on N429FL (1)

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

- [Incident 19780225001809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225001809I), Feb 25, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N429FL), Martha'S Vineya, MA, Minor damage. Pilot landed short of the runway, nose gear collapsed due to a ridge of snow and ice.

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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