ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357631
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| Date: | Saturday 23 March 1996 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: | Taylorcraft DC-65 |
| Owner/operator: | Amelia Reid Aviation |
| Registration: | N36354 |
| MSN: | 4091 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1973 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental A-65-85 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fremont, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | San Jose, CA (KRHV) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the flight instructor, the aircraft was in cruise when a sudden severe vibration went through the airframe. The pilot shut down the engine and noted that the brass abrasion strip and part of one wooden blade had separated. The pilot landed in a field, but could not stop the aircraft before it went down an embankment and into a ravine. An airframe and powerplant mechanic who recovered the aircraft reported that he saw evidence of dry rot in the remaining wooden blade section.
Probable Cause: the in-flight separation of a portion of one wooden propeller blade due to undetected dry rot in the wood fibers.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX96LA142
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 20:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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