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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Millersburg, OH · August 15, 2003

Date
August 15, 2003 · 21:30 local
Place
Millersburg, OH
Airport
Holmes County Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N11188
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental C85*

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) Aircraft was cruising at 1000', the propeller departed the engine. The crankshaft separated at the flange. The pilot made an emergency landing in a soybean field. No reported damage to the aircraft or injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT 1000', THE PROPELLER DEPARTED THE ENGINE. THE CRANKSHAFT SEPARATED AT THE FLANGE. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. NO REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

Other reports on N11188 · 1

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