# Incident 20150427006759I: Cessna TU206B, Livermore, CA, April 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2015, 08:40 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6870° N, 121.7598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livermore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6870&lon=-121.7598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4964F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4964F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206B (registry code 2073324, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150427006759I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/27/2015 N4964F AFTER DEPARTING FROM THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT, CA (KLVK) CONTINUED FLYING A SOUTHWESTERLY COURSE. THERE WAS NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  UPON CLIMBING TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 48OO FEET, BOTH PILOTS REPORTED FEELING A "BUMP" IN THE AIRFRAME ALONG WITH A NOISE. BOTH PILOTS REVIEWED ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AND ALL OUTSIDE VISUAL AREAS THEY COULD SEE OF THE AIRCRAFT; NEITHER PILOT NOTICED ANY  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND ALL INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS WERE WITHIN LIMITS. THE PILOTS DECIDED TO CONTINUE THEIR FLIGHT TO THE CHINO AIRPORT, CA (KCNO).  UPON LANDING BOTH PILOTS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND SCRATCH MARKS ON THE BACK SIDE OF TWO PROPELLER BLADES APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES FROM THE HUB, APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES LONG LONGITUDINAL TO THE CHORD OF THE BLADES AND 1/8 INCH WIDE. IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO FOUND THE NOSE COWL RIGHT SIDE BOTTOM SHOWED A SCUFF MARK APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES LONG VERTICAL AND 3 INCHES WIDE ON THE FACE SIDE OF THE LOWER COWLING AREA THAT REMOVED PAINT.  NO OTHER DAMAGED WAS DISCOVERED AT THE TIME THE PILOTS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE CHINO AIRPORT.  THE PILOTS DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT TO HAVE THE PROPELLER AND COWLING INSPECTED BY AN INSPECTION AUTHORIZED MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE PROPELLER BLADES AND COWLING AND DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR. AFTER REVIEWING THE LIMITATIONS AND CONFIRMED WITH THE PROPELLER OVERHAUL SHOP, THE MECHANIC ACCOMPLISHED MINOR REPAIRS TO THE SCRATCH MARKS ON BOTH BLADES AND RETURNED THE BLADES TO SERVICE. THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE NOSE COWL HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE AND WAS CONSIDERED WITHIN LIMITS BY THE MECHANIC AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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