# Incident 20010429010279I: Amtr RV4, Onaga, KS, April 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Onaga, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4893° N, 96.1702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Onaga, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4893&lon=-96.1702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26RK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 60 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010429010279I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 29, 2001, N26RK DEPARTED FROM OKC WILEY POST AIRPORT ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT TO CRISTAL MN. AT APPROXIMATELY 1025 AM LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED THE ONLY OCCUPANT ONBOARD, NOTICED AN UNUSUAL NOISE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER.  AT 1530 ZULU OR 1030AM LOCAL TIME AT ONAGA KS THE WOODEN PROPELLER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  AM EMERGENCY LANDING WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED ON A FOOTBALL FIELD IN ONAGA, KS.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  FROM INFORMATION GATHERED THIS WOODED PROPELLER WAS INSTALLED ON SEPT. 01, 2000.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN 124 HOURS SINCE THE NEW PROP WAS INSTALLED AND TORQUED TO 280 IN LBS.  AC43.13-1B, CHAPTER 8, SECTION 6, PARAGRAPH 8-92, SUBPARAGRAPH (B) RECOMMENDS TO CHECK TORQUES AFTER THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER PROP CHANGE AND TO CHECK TORQUES AT 25 HOURS AFTER INSTALLATION AND AT LEAST EVERY 50 HOURS THEREAFTER.  IT APPEARS THE NEW OWNER OPERATORS EXCEEDED THE RECOMMENDED TIME LIMITS.

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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