45.7838° N, 92.6773° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grantsburg, WI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 9, 1987 · 10:30 local
Place
Grantsburg, WI
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N272MA
Reported as
Piper PA31
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,600 total160 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The left propeller spinner separated from the aircraft at cruise.
As the FAA filed it
THE LEFT PROPELLER SPINNER SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT CRUISE.