# Incident 20020615015929I: Cessna 208, Sacramento, CA, June 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2002, 07:38 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9634B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9634B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615015929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT BEGAN SEVERE VIBRATION AFTER TAKE-OFF. POST LANDING OBSERVATION TRAIL EDGE DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE. SUBSEQUENT EVALUATION REVEALED BLADE BALANCE TUBE BECAME LOOSE AND EXITED THE INTERIOR OF THE BLADE. ANALYSIS TO CONTINUE TO DETERMINE PROPELLER HISTORY AND THEORY AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE BALANCE TUBE TO BECOME INSECURE.

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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