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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · WSK PZL104 · Hazleton, PA · March 6, 2006

Date
March 6, 2006 · 19:00 local
Place
Hazleton, PA
Airport
Hazleton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N80PZ
Reported as
WSK PZL104
Reported engine
PZLAI14
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,375 total7 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot reported engine roughness at cruise at altitude. A couple of minutes later the propeller departed the aircraft, grazing the cowling as it left. The pilot landed safely at the Hazleton airport after declaring an emergency.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED ENGINE ROUGHNESS AT CRUISE AT ALTITUDE. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER THE PROPELLER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, GRAZING THE COWLING AS IT LEFT. THE PILOT LANDED SAFELY AT THE HAZLETON AIRPORT AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.