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A quad city challenger rotax engine wooden propeller departed the aircraft inflight. The aircraft landed safely on a nearby road. The wooden propeller has not been re-torqued after being flown several months earlier from a high humidity area to a dry climate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1288291 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Ultralight |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Propeller |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 260 Flight Crew Type 40 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was flying on a pleasure flight when the propeller bolts failed and the propeller departed the aircraft. I landed on a private road with no damage to anything on the ground and no further damage to the airplane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Quad City Challenger Rotax Engine wooden propeller departed the aircraft inflight. The aircraft landed safely on a nearby road. The wooden propeller has not been re-torqued after being flown several months earlier from a high humidity area to a dry climate.
Narrative: I was flying on a pleasure flight when the propeller bolts failed and the propeller departed the aircraft. I landed on a private road with no damage to anything on the ground and no further damage to the airplane.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.