ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296569
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Date: | Sunday 29 September 2002 |
Time: | 15:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-18 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N723C |
MSN: | 18-1150 |
Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | EKWOK, Alaska -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Ekwok Airport, AK (KEK) |
Destination airport: | NAKNEK, AK (5NK) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The commercial certificated pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight. During cruise about 700 feet agl, the airplane suddenly developed a severe vibration. He reduced engine power to idle, and then shutdown the engine. He said he landed on tundra-covered terrain. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed down and received damage to the air intake housing. After the emergency landing, the pilot discovered that about 10 inches of one propeller blade had separated from the rest of the blade. He described the separation as a straight chordwise fracture.
Probable Cause: A partial separation of one propeller blade during cruise flight.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC02LA127 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC02LA127
Revision history:
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