# Incident 20150602007689I: Beech 23, Rotan, TX, June 2, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2015, 14:01 local time
- Place: Rotan, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8540° N, 100.4655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rotan, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8540&lon=-100.4655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2327Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2327Z-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320-D2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 82 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150602007689I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6, 2015, AT 1401 CDT, A BEECH MUSKETEER, MODEL 23, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N2327Z, HAD A BLADE BREAK OFF THE PROPELLER IN CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT, AT 7,500 FT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT; VFR;  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, WITH CLEAR WEATHER; TEMPERATURE WAS 82.4 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CARLSBAD, NM (CNM) AND WAS IN ROUTE TO BRIDGEPORT, TX (XBP) WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SEVERE VIBRATION.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND GLIDED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  HE LANDED IN A FIELD IN ROTAN, TEXAS; THE EIGHT DIGIT GRID COORDINATE IS:  32 57 50.34 NORTH AND 100 28 41.53 WEST.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD, THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

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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