# Incident 19980416028059I: Amtr RANSS16, Boonville, AR, April 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1998, 10:15 local time
- Place: Boonville, AR
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8072U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8072U-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schlitter Randy J RANS S-16 SHEKARI (registry code 05626YP, https://openairdocs.org/model/schlitter-randy-j-rans-s-16-shekari) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS16
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 140 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980416028059I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/16/98 AT 1030 CST, A AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, N8072U, MODEL RANS 160F16, OPERATED BY RANDY J. SCHLITTER, LOST EXPERIMENTAL WOOD PROPELLER, DURING CRUISE, AT 5000 FEET MSL. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BOONEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES, NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS HARMONIC VIBRATION BETWEEEN PROPELLER AND CRANKCASE FLANGE. THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROPELLER WAS UNDER FLIGHT TESTING WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED AND REPLACED WITH DIFFERENT TYPE WOOD PROPELLER.

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