# Incident 20180609007419I: Stewart Shannon D RUTAN LONG EZ, Kissimmee, FL, June 9, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2018, 07:25 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stewart Shannon D RUTAN LONG EZ (registry code 056213Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/stewart-shannon-d-rutan-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEWART SHANNON D RUTAN LONG EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180609007419I

## Narrative

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

N757T DEPARTED ISM AIRPORT KISSIMMEE FL ON JUNE 09 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 0705EST. AFTER 20 MINUTES OF FLIGHT PILOT EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATIONS. PILOT REDUCED POWER FROM 2300 RPM TO 2100 RPM AND VIBRATIONS GOT WORSE. PILOT APPLIED MORE POWER BACK TO 2300 RPM AND PROCEEDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH ISM TOWER. HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 6 AND AS HE APPROACHED AND WAS SURE HE HAS THE AIRPORT RUNWAY WITHIN RANGE HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE TO AVOID ANY STRUCTUAL DAMAGES FROM THE VIBRATIONS AND PERFORMED A DEAD STICK LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT THEN ROLLED OUT AND TURNED OFF RUNWAY TO THE EAST TOWARDS T HANGERS. AFTER STOPPING NEAR THE AREA WHERE HE HAD TAXIED EARLIER, PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, HE NOTICED LARGE PIECES OF GLASS FROM A BROKEN RUNWAY LIGHT THAT WERE LAYING ON THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT SURMISED THAT THE GLASS PROBABLY DMAGED THE PROPELLER DURING TAXI AND RUNUP CAUSING THE IMPACT DAMAGE AND FAILURE TO THE SECTION OF THE PROP.

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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