- Date
- June 13, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Douglas, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N301LSLombard Dilley 68
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830613024679A
- Case key
- 12234
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The experimental acft lost a blade of its propeller during cruise flt. The propeller had been modified to obtain more RPM. About 18 inches of one blade separated during cruise at 6000 ft with 2900 RPM at 200 KTS airspeed. The engine remained attached to the acft by a 3/16 inch cable wrapped around it and secured to the fire wall. This is an air racingmodification. The acft was damaged in the forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N301LS
- Reported as
- Lombard Dilley 68
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel E. Mortensen
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1983
- Departed
- CMI · Champaign, IL
- Destination
- Superior, WI
- Airport
- VOK · Volk Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,019 total · 269 in this make and model · 2,001 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N301LS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.