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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Lutin Charl Glasair SUP · Milledgeville, GA · April 2, 2010

Date
April 2, 2010 · 16:40 local
Place
Milledgeville, GA
Airport
Baldwin Cty Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N215CL
Reported as
Lutin Charl Glasair SUP
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-B1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,482 total50 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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.

During cruise at 9500 ft experienced prop runaway. Reduced power, declared emergency to divert to mlj. Two minutes later experienced severe engine vibration. Shut dn engine. ATC granted vectors to glide to hwy. landed in median of divided hwy, lost directional control on bumpy terrain, crossed hwy, ran right wing up onto guardrail. No injury, no fire.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE AT 9500 FT EXPERIENCED PROP RUNAWAY. REDUCED POWER, DECLARED EMERGENCY TO DIVERT TO MLJ. TWO MINUTES LATER EXPERIENCED SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. SHUT DN ENGINE. ATC GRANTED VECTORS TO GLIDE TO HWY. LANDED IN MEDIAN OF DIVIDED HWY, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON BUMPY TERRAIN, CROSSED HWY, RAN RIGHT WING UP ONTO GUARDRAIL. NO INJURY, NO FIRE.