ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295361
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 August 2003 |
| Time: | 19:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N8496R |
| MSN: | 28-22408 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4149 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Winchester, Tennessee -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Collegedale, TN (3M3) |
| Columbia-Maury County Airport, TN (MRC/KMRC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot while in cruise flight at 4500 feet mean sea level, the airplane began shaking violently. The pilot shut down the engine and saw part of one propeller blade missing. The pilot executed a forced landing into a field 12 miles east of Winchester, Tennessee. Examination of the downed airplane revealed that the propeller was fractured 17.5 inches from the hub center. There were fatigue features that originated from a nick on the flat face of the propeller. Paint from the flat face extended into the nick, indicating that the nick was present when the propeller was last painted. The shape of the nick boundary indicates that it was not blended.
Probable Cause: A maintenance personnel failure to follow propeller inspection procedures that resulted in a fatigue failure of a propeller blade and the subsequent forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL03LA130
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 07:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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