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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr DRAGONFLY · Bay St Louis, MS · September 23, 2001

Date: September 23, 2001 · 20:45 local
Place: Bay St Louis, MS
Airport: Stennis International Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N89VE
Reported as: Amtr Dragonfly
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total265 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N89VERegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2009 · Vidrine Everett E DRAGONFLYS/N 906 · Built 1988 Airframe modelVidrine Everett E DRAGONFLY Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot on a local flight departed Stennis International Airport hsa, enroute to slidell airport when shortly after reaching cruise, the propeller spinner came loose and excessive engine vibrations resulted. The pilot looked for an emergency landing area on the interstate 10 highway and shut down the engine. The pilot landed hard on the highway with the nose gear failing and the propeller striking the road surface.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ON A LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED STENNIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HSA, ENROUTE TO SLIDELL AIRPORT WHEN SHORTLY AFTER REACHING CRUISE, THE PROPELLER SPINNER CAME LOOSE AND EXCESSIVE ENGINE VIBRATIONS RESULTED. THE PILOT LOOKED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING AREA ON THE INTERSTATE 10 HIGHWAY AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PILOT LANDED HARD ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR FAILING AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE ROAD SURFACE.

Other reports on N89VE · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20040723017929ATo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Covington, LA(-23) The pilot stated that the aircraft would not rotate until he reached the end of the 3000' runway. The aircraft struck the tops of a 60' tree line that was approximately 200' from the departure end of the runway. The pilot lost control of the aircraft…Jul 23, 2004 · Destroyed Incident 19940528023099IForced/Precautionary Landing · Bloomington-Nor, ILEngine backfired. Lost partial power on takeoff. 2 hydraulic valve lifters failed.May 28, 1994 · Minor damage