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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Dover, OH · September 23, 1978

Date: September 23, 1978 · 21:00 local
Place: Dover, OH
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N78623
Reported as: Cessna 172K
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 290 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N78623Registered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17257690 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine vibration on climb after takeoff. Engine shut down and returned to airport. Four inches prop blade missing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE VIBRATION ON CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUR INCHES PROP BLADE MISSING.