# Incident 20090605009709I: Casler CX4, Chandler, AZ, June 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2009, 08:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5089Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5089Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Casler Scott CX-4 (registry code 05621QN, https://openairdocs.org/model/casler-scott-cx-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CASLER CX4
- Reported engine: VOLKS 2400VW
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 663 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090605009709I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JUNE 5, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 MST, N5089Q WAS OPERATING AT 3000 FEET WHEN A PIECE OF THE PROPELLER BLADE BROKE OFF AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO VIBRATE.  THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A DIRT ROAD.  WHILE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED A TREE WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP WHICH SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N5089Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20111109026609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111109026609A), Nov 9, 2011: Casler Scott CX-4 (N5089Q), San Carlos, AZ, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Had just bought the experimental CX4 aircraft. He was flying the aircraft to albuquerque. [privacy data omitted] Stated he became…

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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