# Incident 20151020020999I: Petersen E Robert BABY ACE MODEL D, Pleasanton, TX, October 20, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2015, 13:30 local time
- Place: Pleasanton, TX
- Airport: Pleasanton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9542° N, 98.5200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLEASANTON MUNI (PEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9542&lon=-98.5200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82482 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PETERSEN E ROBERT BABY ACE MODEL D
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,218 total, 17 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151020020999I

## Narrative

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

OCT. 20, 2015, AFTER REFUELING IN PLEASANTON THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM, BOUND FOR INGLESIDE. AT 1500 FEET ON CLIMB OUT THE PILOT REPORTED A SEVERE VIBRATION COMING FROM THE ENGINE/PROP AREA. THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY. WHILE TAXXING BACK THE ENGINE/PROP VIBRATION BROKE THE ENGINE MOUNTS. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD SUSPECTED PROP DELIMINATION AS THE CAUSE.

THE PROP CAME APART CAUSING THE ENGINE/PROP VIBRATION.

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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