# Accident 20110807016409A: Piper PA-28-180, Millsap, TX, August 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2011, 14:33 local time
- Place: Millsap, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7756° N, 98.0561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7756&lon=-98.0561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7689W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7689W-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,238 total, 120 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA555](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA555) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110807016409A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 7, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1433 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST), A SINGLE-ENGINE PIPER, PA28-180, N7689W, MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF APPROXIMATELY HALF OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND WAS BEING OPERATED ON A CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO WITH A FUEL STOP AT MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT (MWL) ENROUTE TO GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GPM). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1430. DURING CLIMB OUT TO 3,500 FEET THE PROPELLER BLADE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD IN MILLSAP, TEXAS WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO EXTREME VIBRATION AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING UPON CONTACTING A ROAD SIGN ON ROLL OUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN11LA555](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA555), Aug 7, 2011: Piper PA-28-180 (N7689W), Millsap, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A sudden loss of engine thrust due to the separation of a propeller blade in cruise flight due to high cycle fatigue.

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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