19820120004319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · San Jose, CA · January 20, 1982

Date
January 20, 1982 · 10:00 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N74HP
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82IA044
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,180 total1,805 in this make and model110 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.

Loud bang on initial takeoff climb. Propeller blades and hub assembly had separated from aircraft. Fatigue cracks.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG ON INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB. PROPELLER BLADES AND HUB ASSEMBLY HAD SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT. FATIGUE CRACKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.