# Accident 20140915016459A: Piper PA-28-150, Lone Pine, CA, September 15, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2014, 09:00 local time
- Place: Lone Pine, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4522° N, 118.3397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4522&lon=-118.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5948W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5948W-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140915016459A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS AT 13,000 FEET HEADED TO HIS DESTINATION HE NOTICED THAT A SHINY OBJECT SEEMED TO FLY FROM THE PROPELLER ARC AND THAT A HUGE VIBRATION FOLLOWED THAT.  HE THEN SAW THAT THE PROPELLER ARC WAS NOT SMOOTH AND HE THOUGHT RIGHT AWAY THAT A PART OF THE PROPELLER BROKE OFF.  HE SELECTED  IDLE POWER  IMMEDIATELY AND BEGAN TO LOOK FOR A PLACE TO SET DOWN.   HE LANDED IN A SMOOTH PLACE AND AVOIDED HITTING THE LARGE ROCKS BUT DID HIT ONE AND STOPPED AFTER A SHORT DISTANCE.  HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SINCE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY SHOULDER HARNESS INSTALLED.

## 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 WPR14LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA377), Sep 15, 2014: Piper PA 28 (N5948W), Lone Pine, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of a propeller blade due to a propeller strike by/of an unidentified object at an unknown time.

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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