20071217828779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR 320 · Millington, TN · December 17, 2007

Date: December 17, 2007 · 13:30 local
Place: Millington, TN
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N178DM
Reported as: Amtr LANCAIR320
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N178DMRegistered now · Lukschander Daniel P LANCAIR 320S/N 777-320-619FB · Built 2005 Airframe modelLukschander Daniel P LANCAIR 320 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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 made an off-field landing due to a severe vibration originating from the propeller. The aircraft landed on soft wet soil. The nose gear collapsed causing the propeller to strike the ground damaging the prop blades. Examination after the incident revealed the #3 blade could be rotated by hand in the prop hub.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT MADE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING DUE TO A SEVERE VIBRATION ORIGINATING FROM THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON SOFT WET SOIL. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND DAMAGING THE PROP BLADES. EXAMINATION AFTER THE INCIDENT REVEALED THE #3 BLADE COULD BE ROTATED BY HAND IN THE PROP HUB.