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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31P · Watertown, NY · July 22, 1998

Date: July 22, 1998 · 08:48 local
Place: Watertown, NY
Airport: Watertown New York International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: CGAFG
Reported as: Piper PA31P
Reported engine: Lycoming TIGO541E1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

(-5) While in route to syr, at cruise altitude of 10,000 ft, 20 NM north of Watertown (art), the flight crew heard a strange sound, (short and not vary loud). The co-pilot then observed the rt propeller leave the rt engine. The propeller went up and to the right of the aircraft and did not touch any part of the aircraft. Flight crew declaired an emergency to bos center and performed an uneventful landing at art.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) WHILE IN ROUTE TO SYR, AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FT, 20 NM NORTH OF WATERTOWN (ART), THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A STRANGE SOUND, (SHORT AND NOT VARY LOUD). THE CO-PILOT THEN OBSERVED THE RT PROPELLER LEAVE THE RT ENGINE. THE PROPELLER WENT UP AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT TOUCH ANY PART OF THE AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT CREW DECLAIRED AN EMERGENCY TO BOS CENTER AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT ART.