# Incident 20240830012879I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Philadelphia, PA, August 30, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2024, 20:25 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N496TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Thielert TAE-125-02-99 (registry code 59302, https://openairdocs.org/engine/thielert-tae-125-02-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- Reported engine: THIELERT TAE 125-02-99
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,391 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240830012879I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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