Service difficulty report · Spinner · Amtr LANCAIR235

Difficulty date
September 7, 2015
Submitted
September 15, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N97W
Make and model
Amtr LANCAIR235
Aircraft serial
120
Aircraft time
543 hours
Engine
Lyc O235*
Propeller
Amtr 582
Part
Spinner
Part number
10541
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Missing
Location
Propeller
Component
Propeller · Amtr
Component part number
6272
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER SPINNER, PN 1054-1 SEPARATED OR BROKE APART AND IMPACTED 1 BLADE OF THE WOODEN PROPELLER, MODEL 6272. THE PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND PARTIAL SEPARATION OF THE OUTER .3333 OF THE BLADE. AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LAND WAS ACCOMPLISHED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ALL SPINNER BULKHEAD SCREWS HAD REMAINING COMPOSITE MATERIAL EXCEPT FOR 1. THE SPINNER WAS NOT RECOVERED.