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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7BCM · Charlotte, MI · April 24, 1996

Date
April 24, 1996 · 20:01 local
Place
Charlotte, MI
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46AC
Reported as
Bbavia 7BCM
Reported engine
Continental C8512
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total500 in this make and model150 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.

Narrative: in cruise flight, propeller separated from engine, struck right wing leading edge. Aircraft landed on road. Crankshaft failure - indication of previous crack at area of fracture.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM ENGINE, STRUCK RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ROAD. CRANKSHAFT FAILURE - INDICATION OF PREVIOUS CRACK AT AREA OF FRACTURE.