# Incident 20020906025309I: Amtr KITFOX41200, Springerville, AZ, September 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Springerville, AZ
- Airport: Babbitt Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1718° N, 109.3068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springerville, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1718&lon=-109.3068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9003C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KITFOX41200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,183 total, 62 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906025309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT (AND PASSENGER) WERE IN CRUISE FLT. AT APPROX. 1000 FT (AGL) WHEN SUDDENLY A RAPID VIBRATION IN THE ENGINE/PROPELLER AREA CAUSED ALL THREE (3) PROPELLER BLADES TO SEPARATE FROM THE PROPELLER HUB. SINCE THE A/C WAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SPRINGERVILLE AIRPORT (Q35), THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GLIDE SAFELY AND MAKE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING BACK AT Q35. THERE WAS NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE A/C OR ANY INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE ENGINE VIBRATIONS DID HOWEVER DISPLACE THE ENGINE IN ITS MOUNTS A SLIGHT AMOUNT.

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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