# Accident 20031017027309A: Amtr CP6, Snyder, TX, October 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2003, 09:00 local time
- Place: Snyder, TX
- Airport: Winston Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6933° N, 100.9503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6933&lon=-100.9503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3XS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3XS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Prill Charles CP-6 (registry code 05603MH, https://openairdocs.org/model/prill-charles-cp-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CP6
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- Pilot flight hours: 727 total, 622 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031017027309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 17, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM, THE OWNER/OPERATOR STATED HE DEPARTED FT. WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT (AFW) FOR A PLANNED FLIGHT TO LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAS CRUCES, NM, (LRU) WITH A FUEL STOP AT WINSTON FIELD AIRPORT, (SNK) SNYDER, TX. AFTER A FLIGHT TIME OF ABOUT AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES, HE BEGAN A LONG JET DOWN INTO SNYDER, TX. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A SEVERE VIBRATION. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND EMERGENCY LANDING EXECUTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE WOODEN PROPELLER HAD LOST APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN INCHES OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE BLADE FROM THE TIP INBOARD. THE OWNER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROP DAMAGE HISTORY TO THE PROPELLER. OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BEING BENT AFT AND DEFORMING THE FIREWALL, AND THE LEFT WING TIP AND LEADING EDGE WERE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW04LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA013), Oct 17, 2003: Prill RV-6 (N3XS), Snyder, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the propeller blade for undetermined reason. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain.

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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