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Light aircraft pilot reports landing at private strip after airframe developed significant vibration. Propeller spinner is found to be coming apart and is removed before departing for ewn.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 846060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWN.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Propeller Spinner |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
Vibration in flight. Something hitting windscreen. Reducing power helped vibration. Adding power above that needed for level flight had bad vibration. Made precautionary emergency landing at a landing strip; 2.5 miles off approach pad for runway 21. Due to windy condition had to go-around. Vibration now extreme. Landed. Found prop spinner on hartzel hc-b3z20-1 prop had come apart. Removed rest of spinner and flew aircraft to destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Light aircraft pilot reports landing at private strip after airframe developed significant vibration. Propeller spinner is found to be coming apart and is removed before departing for EWN.
Narrative: Vibration in flight. Something hitting windscreen. Reducing power helped vibration. Adding power above that needed for level flight had BAD vibration. Made precautionary emergency landing at a landing strip; 2.5 miles off approach pad for Runway 21. Due to windy condition had to go-around. Vibration now extreme. Landed. Found prop spinner on Hartzel HC-B3Z20-1 prop had come apart. Removed rest of spinner and flew aircraft to destination.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.