# Incident 20070722825769I: Librty LIBERTYXL2, Columbus, OH, July 22, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2007, 22:10 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N526XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N526XL-2009-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Liberty Aerospace LIBERTY XL-2 (registry code 5200000, https://openairdocs.org/model/liberty-aerospace-liberty-xl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IOF-240-B (registry code 17168, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-iof-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIBRTY LIBERTYXL2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,600 total, 130 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070722825769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 09R AT OSU AIRPORT, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES FROM TOUCHDOWN. AS THE PILOT LEVELED AT 3000 FEET AND APPLIED CRUISE POWER, THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY TWO FADEC LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. HE THEN HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SAW THE PROPELLER COME OFF THE ENGINE. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR BEING BENT REARWARD, STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRFRAME. COSMETIC DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON WING LEADING EDGES AND FUSELAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES.

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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