Miniliner F27 at Paris on Oct 25th 2013, left propeller separated in flight

A Miniliner Fokker F27-500 on behalf of Europe Airpost, registration I-MLVT performing freight/mail flight 5O-5921 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Dole-Jura (France) with 2 crew, was climbing through about 1000 feet out of Charles de Gaulle Airport when the left hand propeller separated from the engine and impacted the fuselage causing a large hole at the side of the aircraft. The crew was able to position the aircraft for a return to Paris and landed safely back at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

French Gendarmerie du Transport Aerien (GTA) reported that the propeller was found in a field near Le Mesnil-Amelot just east of the northern runways of Charles de Gaulle Airport on Oct 26th 2013, the front section of the engine still attached.

On Oct 26th 2013 the airline confirmed I-MLVT on flight to Dole was involved in the accident.

On Oct 27th 2013 the French BEA reported, that a few minutes after takeoff at 01:10L (23:10Z Oct 24th) the aircraft suffered "a failure not contained in the left hand engine", a left hand propeller blade passed through the fuselage. The aircraft landed safely at 01:20L. Three investigators were dispatched on site to collect evidence into the occurrence rated an accident.

Late Nov 8th 2013 the BEA released additional information stating, that first results of examination of the propeller blade identified a fatigue failure of the screw. When a blade subsequently passed through the fuselage it severed a number of power cables supplying the black boxes causing that there are no data following the event available from the recorders.

On Apr 30th 2014 Italy's ANSV reported in their annual report 2013, that one of the left hand propeller's blades detached from the propeller and engine assembly crossing through the fuselage. This resulted in an imbalance of the propeller assembly which caused the propeller assembly to separate from the engine. The crew verified controllability of the aircraft, declared emergency and returned to Charles de Gaulle Airport. The propeller assembly was later found in a farm field with 3 of the 4 propeller blades still attached. The BEA is leading the investigation into the occurrence rated an accident.

A French "Aviation News Service" reported the aircraft involved was I-MLRT doing flight 5O-5807 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Clermont-Ferrand (France). If this was true, the crippled aircraft would have continued the flight to Clermont-Ferrand and departed for its onward flight 5O-5677 from Clermont Ferrand to Limoges (France) with just one propeller and a large hole in its fuselage. In the meantime that "service" have corrected their coverage.

The propeller assembly found in a farm field (Photo: ANSV):

Fatigue failure of the propeller blade screw (Photo: BEA):

Right hand fuselage damage:

Left hand fuselage damage:

The damaged aircraft: