# Incident 20240610015119I: Cessna 172R, Statesville, NC, June 10, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2024, 11:18 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LKNS
- Location: 35.7826° N, 80.8873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7826&lon=-80.8873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N870CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N870CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240610015119I

## Narrative

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

ON 6-10-2024 DURING AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AT 3000' MSL, THE AIRCRAFT’S ENGINE BEGAN VIBRATING VIOLENTLY AND EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY AND DETERMINED THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE NEAREST AIRFIELD (KSVH) LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTH OF THEIR POSITION. A NEARBY FIELD WAS SELECTED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS WITHIN LANDING DISTANCE OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT’S ENGINE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE HALF OF ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WAS MISSING FROM THE 2 BLADED MCCAULEY 1A170E/JHA7660 FIXED-PITCH PROPELLER SERIAL NUMBER APC23047. A SEARCH FOR THE MISSING PIECE WAS CONDUCTED BUT NEVER FOUND. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE PROPELLER WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. INITIAL INSPECTIONS INDICATED DAMAGE AT THE POINT OF FAILURE FROM A POSSIBLE FOREIGN OBJECT AND/OR CORROSION.

THE PROPELLER WAS SENT TO MCCAULEY PROPELLER SYSTEMS FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.  THAT EXAMINATION CONFIRMED THAT A SURFACE GOUGE NEAR THE TRAILING EDGE WAS THE INITIATION POINT OF THE FATIGUE CRACK THAT GREW UNTIL THE REMAINING MATERIAL COULD NOT HOLD, RESULTING IN AN OVERLOAD FAILURE AND DEPARTURE OF THE BLADE TIP.  THE TIME SCALE BETWEEN CRACK INITIATION AND BLADE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

NTSB DID NOT INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT DUE TO LACK OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, THEREFORE NO NTSB NUMBER WAS ADDED AT BLOCK 5.

REFERENCE SAS TASK T-EA68-FY24-1340

## Other reports on N870CP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20260322010629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260322010629A), Mar 22, 2026: Cessna 172R (N870CP), Maiden, NC, Substantial damage. On March 22, 2026, at approximately 01:12PM (EDT), a Cessna 172 was substantially damaged at Laney'S airport (N92), off runway 05 approximately 150FT to the…

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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