# Incident 20171028021819I: Piper PA-28-235, Grand Prairie, TX, October 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2017, 07:40 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7460° N, 96.9978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Prairie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7460&lon=-96.9978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622MK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171028021819I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 28, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0740, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GPM) WITH A HEADING TO THE EAST.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN CIRCLED AROUND AND REQUESTED A FLYBY TO VERIFY IF SOMETHING WAS ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT, BECAUSE HE WAS EXPERIENCING AN UNUSUAL VIBRATION.  ATC CONFIRMED THAT SOMETHING WAS ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR AND THE OWNER RETURNED AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE OWNER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE TOW BAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR, HE THEN REALIZED THAT 3 PROPELLER BLADES HAD STRUCK THE HANDLE OF THE TOW BAR.

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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