REFLECTOR:MT Prop went missing

Scott Derrick reflector@tvbf.org
Wed, 07 Apr 2004 08:04:10 -0600


At 09:53 PM 4/5/2004, you wrote:
><... leading edge stone damage leading to sudden failure of the remainder 
>of the blade
>....>
>Actually, it seems we're looking at apples and oranges here.  From the 
>photos, I can't
>see how anything off the airplane could reach that far out on the prop.

  I had a 3/8 bolt fall out and hit the prop 4 inches form the end.

I saw a crescent wrench fall off a wing and hit the end of a prop on a 
pusher Ultrlaight.

Scott



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