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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtr IV1200 · Farmington, AR · February 19, 2007

Date
February 19, 2007 · 11:00 local
Place
Farmington, AR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N880BW
Reported as
Amtr IV1200
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,130 total459 in this make and model

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) On 02/18/2007, N880BW, serial number C96010137, an amateur built aircraft, operated by the pilot privacy data omitted, a private pilot, experienced a separation of all three propeller blades at 2500' altitude, 5 minutes after takeoff from drake field (fyv) in fayetteville, AR, visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed on a personal flight. Pilot reported there was one violent shake and then smooth gliding to a safe off airport landing. Examination indicates the engine moved enough to cause the carburetor to separate from the intake manifold preventing engine overspeed. Separated blades were never located, no aircraft damage was sustained.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 02/18/2007, N880BW, SERIAL NUMBER C96010137, AN AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^, A PRIVATE PILOT, EXPERIENCED A SEPARATION OF ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES AT 2500' ALTITUDE, 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DRAKE FIELD (FYV) IN FAYETTEVILLE, AR, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTED THERE WAS ONE VIOLENT SHAKE AND THEN SMOOTH GLIDING TO A SAFE OFF AIRPORT LANDING. EXAMINATION INDICATES THE ENGINE MOVED ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE CARBURETOR TO SEPARATE FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD PREVENTING ENGINE OVERSPEED. SEPARATED BLADES WERE NEVER LOCATED, NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.