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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Timothy A Wilson STOL CH 750 · Burns, OR · February 24, 2024

Date: February 24, 2024 · 08:00 local
Place: Burns, OR
Airport: Burns
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N750YB
Reported as: Timothy A Wilson Stol CH 750
Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 505 total

N750YBRegistered now · Timothy A Wilson STOL CH 750S/N 75-8974 · Built 2022 Airframe modelTimothy A Wilson STOL CH 750 Engine modelRotax 912 IS series4 cycle

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

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30 Minutes after take westbound from bno.

Pilot noticed a vibration that was increasing.

Pilot turned back for bno.

Shortly after turn back pilot experiences a large popping, coolant covered windscreen and lost engine power.

Pilot cut fuel and initiated an emergency landing.

Made a mayday call and landed the aircraft on a country road approx 30 miles west of bno discovering one of the propeller blades had separated from the hub.

As the FAA filed it

30 MINUTES AFTER TAKE WESTBOUND FROM BNO.

PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION THAT WAS INCREASING.

PILOT TURNED BACK FOR BNO.

SHORTLY AFTER TURN BACK PILOT EXPERIENCES A LARGE POPPING, COOLANT COVERED WINDSCREEN AND LOST ENGINE POWER.

PILOT CUT FUEL AND INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

MADE A MAYDAY CALL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A COUNTRY ROAD APPROX 30 MILES WEST OF BNO DISCOVERING ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES HAD SEPARATED FROM THE HUB.