- Date
- March 8, 1988, 11:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N917WPPage Long EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880308004899A
- Case key
- 25716
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a flight to test the effectiveness of the propeller, just after takeoff, one propeller blade separated from the hub. The pilot made an emergency off field landing in a soft field, where during the landing roll the aircraft collided with the terrain. The investigation revealed that the three bladed prop had not been used on this acft/engine before and the composite constructed propeller had been modified by the pilot builder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N917WP
- Reported as
- Page Long EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 792
- Airframe hours
- 90
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Page, Wesley Charles
- Registered owner
- Wesley C. Page
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 29, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Destination
- POC · La Verne, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 234 total · 90 in this make and model · 212 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- CNO, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.