20240830012879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 · Philadelphia, PA · August 30, 2024

Date
August 30, 2024 · 20:25 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
Northeast Philadelphia
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N496TS
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42
Reported engine
Thielert TAE-125-02-99
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,391 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 flying initiated takeoff roll on rwy 6, checked engine gauges, and started to rotate at appropriate airspeed. As the aircraft rotated, the pilot flying thought she saw a deer but did not feel anything hit the aircraft. At approximately 200 feet, the aircraft started to vibrate, the passenger, who was also a pilot, asked for assistance from ATC and the pilot flying initiated a turn to land on rwy 33. Once the aircraft came to a stop, the vibration became more pronounced so the pilot flying shut the engines down. Once the engines were shutdown, they noticed the left propeller had been damaged. Post flight inspection revealed the left propeller had two blades that had been partially torn off and there was damage to the lower cowling.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLYING INITIATED TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 6, CHECKED ENGINE GAUGES, AND STARTED TO ROTATE AT APPROPRIATE AIRSPEED. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED, THE PILOT FLYING THOUGHT SHE SAW A DEER BUT DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING HIT THE AIRCRAFT. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VIBRATE, THE PASSENGER, WHO WAS ALSO A PILOT, ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ATC AND THE PILOT FLYING INITIATED A TURN TO LAND ON RWY 33. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE VIBRATION BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED SO THE PILOT FLYING SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN. ONCE THE ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN, THEY NOTICED THE LEFT PROPELLER HAD BEEN DAMAGED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE LEFT PROPELLER HAD TWO BLADES THAT HAD BEEN PARTIALLY TORN OFF AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LOWER COWLING.