# Incident 19980818038349I: Piper PA24250, Wausau, WI, August 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1998, 14:35 local time
- Place: Wausau, WI
- Airport: Wausau Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9618° N, 89.6465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wausau, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9618&lon=-89.6465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6459P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6459P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 75 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980818038349I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON AUGUST 18, 1998, AT 1435 CDT A PIPER PA-24-250, N6459P, HAD AN IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION OF THE PROPELLER WHILE ON APPROACH TO WAUSAU DOWNTOWN AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN FRANKSVILLE, WI UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PROPELLER MOUNTING BOLTS FRACTURED DUE TO THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE PROPELLER. A REQUIRED SHIM WAS NOT INSTALL                                             KSHAFT FLANGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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