# Accident 20250310001309A: Vans RV-7A, Plainview, TX, March 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2025, 12:40 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1645° N, 101.7307° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1645&lon=-101.7307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N923ZA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N923ZA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Campbell John S RV-7A (registry code 05629ME, https://openairdocs.org/model/campbell-john-s-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mattituck TMX-360 (registry code 59602, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mattituck-tmx-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 136 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250310001309A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/10/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 CENTRAL TIME A VANS RV-7A BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING IN A GRASSY FIELD NEAR THE KPVW AIRPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 800' AGL THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. ONE OF THE AIRCRAFTS THREE PROPELLER BLADES WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE HUB CAUSING THE VIBRATION AND DAMAGE TO ENGINE MOUNTS.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND SUFFERED NO INJURIES.  WEATHER AT TIME OF THE EVENT AT KPVW WAS REPORTING VFR WITH WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 11 KNOTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA117), Mar 10, 2025: Vans RV-7A (N923ZA), Plainview, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper machining of the propeller blade bearing seat, which resulted in an inflight propeller blade fatigue failure. Contributing to the accident was the improper machining of the propeller hub…

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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