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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Navion NAVION A · Throckmorton, TX · October 19, 2012

Date
October 19, 2012 · 16:30 local
Place
Throckmorton, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N91605
Reported as
Navion Navion A
Reported engine
Continental E225 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total500 in this make and model60 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.

The propeller rubber blatter (for controling blade angle) ruptured when the propeller was advanced to high RPM for landing at Throckmorton, TX (72F). An emergency landing was conducted three miles short of the runway after oil coated the windshield and smoke filled the cockpit. The landing gear did not not collapse and there was no propeller strike. No injuries to pilot or passengers.

As the FAA filed it

THE PROPELLER RUBBER BLATTER (FOR CONTROLING BLADE ANGLE) RUPTURED WHEN THE PROPELLER WAS ADVANCED TO HIGH RPM FOR LANDING AT THROCKMORTON, TX (72F). AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS CONDUCTED THREE MILES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AFTER OIL COATED THE WINDSHIELD AND SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT NOT COLLAPSE AND THERE WAS NO PROPELLER STRIKE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS.