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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru Variezelong · Pella, IA · August 6, 1996

Date: August 6, 1996 · 15:00 local
Place: Pella, IA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N158TG
Reported as: Amtrru Variezelong
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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What happened

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

Narrative: pilot reported that aircraft encountered heavy airframe vibration while at cruise flight at an altitude of 4500' AGL. Power was reduced and an uneventful landing was accomplished on a nearby highway. An inspection of the aircraft disclosed that a piece of the engine exhaust pipe separated from the powerplant exhaust system because of fatigue failure. The dislodged part struck the propeller causing damage to the tip of the propeller. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED HEAVY AIRFRAME VIBRATION WHILE AT CRUISE FLIGHT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4500' AGL. POWER WAS REDUCED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON A NEARBY HIGHWAY. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED THAT A PIECE OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST PIPE SEPARATED FROM THE POWERPLANT EXHAUST SYSTEM BECAUSE OF FATIGUE FAILURE. THE DISLODGED PART STRUCK THE PROPELLER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TIP OF THE PROPELLER. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.