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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Harrision, AR · May 31, 2020

Date: May 31, 2020 · 13:50 local
Place: Harrision, AR
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7914N
Reported as: Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,272 total1,000 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

N7914NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-5326 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On may 31, 2020 at approximately 13:50 CDT, N7914N a Piper PA-28-180, registered to privacy data omitted, operated by an private pilot experienced a propeller spinner failure. In VFR cruse flight with ATC flight following from shreveport, Louisiana downtown airport (dtn) to moberly, Missouri (mby) the pilot reported hearing a loud bang and a slight engine vibration. A precautionary landing was made in harrison, Arkansas (hro), inspection of the aircraft revealed the propeller spinner had failed and had departed the aircraft, and portions of the fiberglass spinner were in place under attachment screws. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 31, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:50 CDT, N7914N A PIPER PA-28-180, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATED BY AN PRIVATE PILOT EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER SPINNER FAILURE. IN VFR CRUSE FLIGHT WITH ATC FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (DTN) TO MOBERLY, MISSOURI (MBY) THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD BANG AND A SLIGHT ENGINE VIBRATION. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE IN HARRISON, ARKANSAS (HRO), INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE PROPELLER SPINNER HAD FAILED AND HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND PORTIONS OF THE FIBERGLASS SPINNER WERE IN PLACE UNDER ATTACHMENT SCREWS. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.