# Accident 20151115023369A: Woodrow Larry W SONEX, Morganton, NC, November 15, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2015, 14:40 local time
- Place: Morganton, NC
- Airport: Foothills Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8203° N, 81.6114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8203&lon=-81.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7035Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7035Z-2016-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Woodrow Larry W SONEX (registry code 05617QL, https://openairdocs.org/model/woodrow-larry-w-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WOODROW LARRY W SONEX
- Reported engine: AEROVEE 2180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 339 total, 270 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151115023369A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/15/2015 AT 1435 HOURS EDT, N7035Z, A SONEX EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT,  DEPARTED LOWER CREEK AIRPORT (NC27) WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. AT ABOUT 3,000 FEET MSL THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AND THE PASSENGER HEARD A THUMP AND A BANG AND THE PASSENGER SAW THE PROPELLER DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ESTABLISHED BEST GLIDE SPEED AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS FOOTHILLS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KMRN). THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TREES ABOUT 200 YARDS SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN SUSPENDED IN THE TREES. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WALKED TO THE FBO AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT. THE PROPELLER WAS RECOVERED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RETURNED TO THE OWNER.  AIRCRAFT IS A MODEL SONEX WOODROW LARRY W, AMATEUR BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT WITH A AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME OF 278.5 HOURS SINCE NEW. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISSUED AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE 3/8/2006. THE LAST AIRCRAFT CONDITION INSPECTION WAS SIGNED OFF BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ON 04/14/2015.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRIKE 8/28/2006 AT 21.9 ACTT, THE OWNER REPLACED THE PROPELLER AT THAT TIME BUT DID NOT DO A "TEARDOWN" INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE.

## 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 ERA16LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA041), Nov 15, 2015: Woodrow Larry W Sonex (N7035Z), Morganton, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/owner’s inadequate maintenance inspection following a propeller strike, which resulted in the subsequent in-flight propeller separation due to propagation of fatigue cracks in the…

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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