ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364920
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Date: | Sunday 14 July 1991 |
Time: | 13:47 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-24-260 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N8803P |
MSN: | 24-4286 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Flint, MI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Alpena, MI (KAPN) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT SAID THAT WHILE BEING VECTORED ON FINAL APPROACH ABOUT 5 MILES OUT, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A SEVERE VIBRATION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND A LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED FAILURE OF THE PITCH CHANGE KNOBS ON ONE PROPELLER BLADE.
Probable Cause: PROPELLER PITCH CHANGE MECHANISM SHEARED. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE POWERPLANT VIBRATION AND PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT NOT POSSIBLE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI91LA218 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA218
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