33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 4, 1984 · 21:15 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36892
Reported as
Cessna 414A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,900 total1,500 in this make and model100 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 during flight. Jam nut retaining prop low pitch stop assembly had fallen into spinner and was slung out.
As the FAA filed it
LOUD BANG DURING FLIGHT. JAM NUT RETAINING PROP LOW PITCH STOP ASSEMBLY HAD FALLEN INTO SPINNER AND WAS SLUNG OUT.