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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Cahokia, IL · July 16, 2017

Date: July 16, 2017 · 16:00 local
Place: Cahokia, IL
Airport: St Louis Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Unknown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N24MT
Reported as: Piper PA-32R-300
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 345 total100 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N24MTRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7780523 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Incident pilot stated he discovered damage to the blade tips of the propeller after completing a two-hour flight with an intermediate stop at a second airport (ksik). Pilot states that he has no idea how the blade tips were damaged. Inspectors examined the airplane and saw that approximately 1/4 to 3/8 inches of each tip of the two-bladed propeller was bent forward about 90 degrees to the normal configuration. Inspectors could find no other damage to the airplane and observed that nosegear strut inflation appeared to be normal for an airplane of this type.

As the FAA filed it

INCIDENT PILOT STATED HE DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO THE BLADE TIPS OF THE PROPELLER AFTER COMPLETING A TWO-HOUR FLIGHT WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOP AT A SECOND AIRPORT (KSIK). PILOT STATES THAT HE HAS NO IDEA HOW THE BLADE TIPS WERE DAMAGED. INSPECTORS EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AND SAW THAT APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TO 3/8 INCHES OF EACH TIP OF THE TWO-BLADED PROPELLER WAS BENT FORWARD ABOUT 90 DEGREES TO THE NORMAL CONFIGURATION. INSPECTORS COULD FIND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE AND OBSERVED THAT NOSEGEAR STRUT INFLATION APPEARED TO BE NORMAL FOR AN AIRPLANE OF THIS TYPE.