# Incident 20200531007269I: Piper PA-28-180, Harrision, AR, May 31, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2020, 13:50 local time
- Place: Harrision, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7914N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7914N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,272 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200531007269I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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