ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369467
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| Date: | Monday 28 November 1988 |
| Time: | 06:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Nims Associates, Inc. |
| Registration: | N8226P |
| MSN: | 24-3479 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4019 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-A1D5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Crestview, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Perry, FL (40J) |
| Dallas, TX (KDAL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE IN CRUISE FLT NEAR AN ARPT, THE PROP SEPARATED. PLT WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO ARPT & ENTERED PATTERN FOR LNDG. DOWNWIND LEG WAS EXTENDED DUE TO STRONG TAILWIND. STRONG HEADWIND ON FINAL CAUSED ACFT TO LAND SHORT. DURING LANDING ROLL ACFT COLLIDED WITH TWO FENCES. EXAMINATION OF ACFT REVEALED 6 PROP MOUNT BOLTS FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF PROP MOUNTING SHIM BETWEEN ENGINE CRANKSHAFT FLANGE AND STARTER GEAR FLANGE. ACFT MANUAL STATED PROP MOUNT BOLTS MAY FAIL DUE TO RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO FLANGES IF SHIM IS NOT INSTALLED. CORRECT PLACEMENT OF THE SHIM IS BETWEEN THE PROP FLANGE & THE STARTER GEAR FLANGE. SUDDEN ENG STOPPAGE APROX 45 HRS EARLIER RESULTED IN PROP REMOVAL, OVERHAUL, & REINSTALLATION.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA89LA045
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 June 1988 | N8226P | Nims Associates, Inc. | 0 | Mattoon, IL | |
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