# Incident 19830313016449I: Cessna 337B, Long Beach, CA, March 13, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1983, 14:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5493S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5493S-2012-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337B (registry code 2075706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337B
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,030 total, 24 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830313016449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST PROPELLER FROM REAR ENGINE ON ROTATION. CONTINUED AND LANDED SAFELY. CRANKSHAFT SEPARATED NEAR PROP FLANGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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