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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Oklahoma City, OK · June 6, 1991

Date: June 6, 1991 · 11:30 local
Place: Oklahoma City, OK
Airport: Expressway Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9106P
Reported as: Piper PA24260
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N9106PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4583 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Severe vibration on climb. Reduced power and returned. Landed safely. Found propeller spinner backplate had broken.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE VIBRATION ON CLIMB. REDUCED POWER AND RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND PROPELLER SPINNER BACKPLATE HAD BROKEN.