Zenair CH 601UL Zodiac, G-BZFV, 15 June 2013

Zenair CH 601UL Zodiac, G-BZFV

Summary:

皇冠体育app pilot noticed a vibration through the airframe just after takeoff from a private grass strip. This was followed by a 鈥榯hud鈥�, a slight displacement of the engine cowling and a loss of engine power. 皇冠体育app pilot made a forced landing in a wheat field, during which the nose and left landing gear collapsed, and the firewall and both wings were damaged. 皇冠体育app power loss was initiated by the failure and detachment of one of the composite propeller blades, resulting in vibration which caused the carburettors to separate from the engine. 皇冠体育app detached propeller blade had suffered a structural failure due to a high cycle oscillation about the blade pitch axis which was caused by a missing component within the coarse pitch stop assembly.

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Published 10 December 2014