19790701015429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrbx BENSEN B-8M · Amana, IA · July 1, 1979

Date
July 1, 1979 · 09:15 local
Place
Amana, IA
Airport
Hursh
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1053P
Reported as
Amtrbx BENSENB8M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total14 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Severe vibration after takeoff. Propellor leading edge material had cracked and broken. Aerial prop number D4882721

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE VIBRATION AFTER TAKEOFF. PROPELLOR LEADING EDGE MATERIAL HAD CRACKED AND BROKEN. AERIAL PROP NUMBER D4882721