# Incident 20150819018649I: Piper PA-25-235, Warren, VT, August 19, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2015, 15:30 local time
- Place: Warren, VT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1120° N, 72.8559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warren, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1120&lon=-72.8559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9584P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9584P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,430 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150819018649I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF AT AROUND 40 MPH WHILE TOWING A GLIDER, THE PILOT SUDDENLY REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SETTLING, GRASS WAS BEING THROWN INTO THE AIR, AND HE COULD HEAR THE PROP HITTING THE SOD RUNWAY.  HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN WITH THE MIXTURE CONTROL, AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED FARTHER AND GROUNDLOOPED TO THE RIGHT.  ON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT NOTED THE BOLT THAT CONNECTED THE INNER ATTACHMENT POINT OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO THE BUNGEE SHOCK SYSTEM HAD BROKEN AND HALF OF THE BOLT WAS HANGING FROM THE SAFETY CABLE.  THE GLIDER WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH NO PROBLEMS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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