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Originally Posted by electricflyer
Same thing happened with a Stearman at a flying breakfast I went to years ago. Sad thing about that was that as he was getting to pull on the taxiway from the grass one of the tires dropped in a hole at the edge of the hard surface and it was enough to let the prop hit the concrete and it bent the tip of one of the blades and there was someone there from the FAA and they wouldn't let him leave until the prop was repaired.
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They were right. If it didn't lose a blade in flight, which would probably kill him, the vibration might shake the whole engine loose, which would also kill him. What a bargain -- killed twice for the price of one.
And there went a bunch of bucks for that prop, too.