# Accident 20080427833509A: Canup TITANTORNDOS, Council, ID, April 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2008, 15:48 local time
- Place: Council, ID
- Airport: Council Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7503° N, 116.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNCIL MUNI (U82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7503&lon=-116.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N706BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N706BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canup Billy Hank TITAN TORNADO S (registry code 056160K, https://openairdocs.org/model/canup-billy-hank-titan-tornado-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CANUP TITANTORNDOS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 34 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427833509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 26, 2008, ABOUT 1645 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL CANUP TITAN TORNADO S, N706BC, EXPERIENCED THE SEPARATION OF A PORTION OF ITS WOOD PROPELLER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL, IDAHO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED MCCALL, IDAHO, ABOUT 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE PROPELLER FAILURE, WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PLANNED DESTINATION WAS COUNCIL, ID. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT, SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY A SEVERE VIBRATION OF THE AIRPLANE. SHE REDUCED POWER AND DESCENDED TOWARD COUNCIL MUNI. AIRPORT, WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL FULL-STOP LANDING. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN AND INSPECTING THE AIRPLANE, THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT A PORTION OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS MISSING, AND THAT THE OTHER BLADE WAS CRACKED ALONG ALMOST ITS ENTIRE SPAN. THE PROPELLER WILL BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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