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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Voice Of Victory VANS RV7A · Brooksville, FL · February 8, 2013

Date
February 8, 2013 · 10:45 local
Place
Brooksville, FL
Airport
Hernando County
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30FK
Reported as
Voice Of Victory Vans RV7A
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,816 total35 in this make and model13 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.

Shortly after feeling a vibration thought to be coming from either the prop or engine the pilot reported the loss of the prop. Due to the aircraft altitude and distance to an airport with large runways the aircraft was able to land safely without injury to the pilot or further damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

SHORTLY AFTER FEELING A VIBRATION THOUGHT TO BE COMING FROM EITHER THE PROP OR ENGINE THE PILOT REPORTED THE LOSS OF THE PROP. DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE TO AN AIRPORT WITH LARGE RUNWAYS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY WITHOUT INJURY TO THE PILOT OR FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.