# Incident 20020225004459I: Amrgen AA1, Orange, VA, February 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Orange, VA
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2472° N, 78.0456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (OMH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2472&lon=-78.0456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5999L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5999L-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1 (registry code 0630610, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 120 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020225004459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/25/02, WHILE CRUISING AT 5000 FEET, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES PAST THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT (W93), THE PILOT REPORTED A SEVERE VIBRATION PROBLEM TO ATC. THE PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER SHUT DOWN, THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT FOUR 4 INCHES OF ONE BLADE TIP WAS MISSING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A SMALL PEBBLE HAD NICKED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BLADE, CAUSING A CRACK TO DEVELOP, WHICH ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOSS OF THE BLADE UP. THE TOTAL TIME ON THE PROPELLER WAS 2642 HOURS, AND THE TIME SINCE OVERHAUL WAS 142 HOURS.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.