# Incident 20090314002179I: Cessna 172M, Lafayette, IN, March 14, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2009, 14:49 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1395U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1395U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 225 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090314002179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 14, 2009 AT 1449 EST, A CESSNA 172, N1395U, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 10 AT KLAF.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, APPROXIMATELY 23.8 INCHES OF ONE BLADE SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN PROPELLER AND IMBEDDED 3-5 INCHES INTO THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND ON THE REMAINING SECTION OF THE SAME RUNWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE SEPARATED SECTION OF THE PROPELLER BLADE WAS RECOVERED AND MATCHED TO THE PROPELLERS STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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