# Accident 20171111018469A: Cloud Jeffrey LONG EZ, Eufaula, AL, November 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: Eufaula, AL
- Airport: Weedon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9586° N, 85.1283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9586&lon=-85.1283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N754T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N754T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cloud Jeffrey Ferrell LONG EZ (registry code 056331N, https://openairdocs.org/model/cloud-jeffrey-ferrell-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLOUD JEFFREY LONG EZ
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 178 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171111018469A

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 7,500FT, THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY.  PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING AT EUFAULA, ALABAMA (EUF).  PILOT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT A 2IN X 16IN PORTION OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WOODEN PROPELLER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BLADE AND HAD DAMAGED THE RIGHT RUDDER CONTROL SURFACE.

## 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 ANC18LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA008), Nov 11, 2017: Cloud Jeffrey Ferrell Long EZ (N754T), Eufaula, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of a portion of the propeller, which subsequently penetrated the right rudder, as a result of the failure of the bond line between two of the propeller’s wood layers.…

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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