Propellers/Propeller Bolts


Read Ian Coristine's Moni Story

Read Jim Lewis' Moni Story

Herman Gordon of Houston, TX reported the following:

    At 250' above the end of the runway my prop flew off.  I did a 150
    degree turn and landed back on the runway downwind.  Even had to put
    some spoiler on to get down.  The prop had been installed and torqued to
    spec about a month before.  All four prop bolts had sheared off and
    shown signs of being overstressed.  The prop had apparently swollen from
    high humidity and overstressed the bolts.  Thank goodness I was in a
    Moni.

Read Alan Littlewood's Story



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