20231114017569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Albright Harold SONEX · Carrollton, NY · November 14, 2023

Date
November 14, 2023 · 16:30 local
Place
Carrollton, NY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5560
Reported as
Albright Harold Sonex
Reported engine
Aerovee 2180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
817 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.

On November 14, 2023, this aircraft was enroute to kole airport, at about 1620 local time, at an altitude of 3500 ft AGL. He was about 20 miles southwest of the airport when the engine began to vibrate and the pilot reduced power. The vibration continued to increase until the propeller, with the propeller hub, departed the aircraft. The pilot located a two lane road and made an emergency landing without any incident. No objects were hit and no damger was done to the aircraft. The pilot was not injured. The propeller and hub assembly were not found.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 14, 2023, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO KOLE AIRPORT, AT ABOUT 1620 LOCAL TIME, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3500 FT AGL. HE WAS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE PILOT REDUCED POWER. THE VIBRATION CONTINUED TO INCREASE UNTIL THE PROPELLER, WITH THE PROPELLER HUB, DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LOCATED A TWO LANE ROAD AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. NO OBJECTS WERE HIT AND NO DAMGER WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PROPELLER AND HUB ASSEMBLY WERE NOT FOUND.