19990726033539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Searey · Orion, IL · July 26, 1999

Date: July 26, 1999 · 14:35 local
Place: Orion, IL
Airport: Hughes Rla Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N353TH
Reported as: Amtr Searey
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
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.

(-23) On July 26, 1999 on a personal part 91 flight from van buren, ar to oshkosh, WI, a tim hazelwood Searey, N353TH, piloted by the aircraft owner, a private pilot, sel/ses rated, made an emergency landing at Orion, IL after a piece of exhause stack broke off and was stuck by the pusher propeller, damaging a prop blade. The aircraft landed without incident, no damage, no fire, no injuries. After landing, it was discovered the exhaust stack had broken in the header area. Upon the stacks departure from the engine, it struck the composite propeller and severely broke one of the three blades; however, the damaged blade did not depart the aircraft. The aircraft did not sustain any further damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 26, 1999 ON A PERSONAL PART 91 FLIGHT FROM VAN BUREN, AR TO OSHKOSH, WI, A TIM HAZELWOOD SEAREY, N353TH, PILOTED BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, A PRIVATE PILOT, SEL/SES RATED, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ORION, IL AFTER A PIECE OF EXHAUSE STACK BROKE OFF AND WAS STUCK BY THE PUSHER PROPELLER, DAMAGING A PROP BLADE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO DAMAGE, NO FIRE, NO INJURIES. AFTER LANDING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE EXHAUST STACK HAD BROKEN IN THE HEADER AREA. UPON THE STACKS DEPARTURE FROM THE ENGINE, IT STRUCK THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER AND SEVERELY BROKE ONE OF THE THREE BLADES; HOWEVER, THE DAMAGED BLADE DID NOT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY FURTHER DAMAGE.