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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Harold Mccollum THATCHER CX-4 · Middleburg, FL · July 3, 2020

Date
July 3, 2020 · 12:00 local
Place
Middleburg, FL
Airport
Spencer'S Airpark
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N292CX
Reported as
Harold Mccollum Thatcher CX-4
Reported engine
Volkswagen 2180CC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
7,120 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot was at level flight on the downwind when his aircraft began to vibrate followed by the departure of the propeller from the aircraft due to crankshaft failure, pilot was able to land the aircraft safely back on the deck with no further aircraft damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS AT LEVEL FLIGHT ON THE DOWNWIND WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE FOLLOWED BY THE DEPARTURE OF THE PROPELLER FROM THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO CRANKSHAFT FAILURE, PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY BACK ON THE DECK WITH NO FURTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.