# Accident 20050801017879A: Amtr Q200, Delano, CA, August 1, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2005, 18:20 local time
- Place: Delano, CA
- Airport: Delano Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7550° N, 119.2417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7550&lon=-119.2417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N870BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N870BM-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Malechek Bob Q-200 (registry code 05645XY, https://openairdocs.org/model/malechek-bob-q-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR Q200
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050801017879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 01, 2005, AT 1815PDT A MALECHEK, MODEL Q-200 EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT S/N 2572 EXPERIENCED INFLIGHT FAILURE OF THE PROPELLER. HAVING RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM ATC. THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT DELANO CA (DLO). DURING DESCENT TO THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT AND APPROXIMATELY 1000' SHORT THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TOP OF IRON FENCING SURROUNDING A STORAGE FACILITY, CONTACTED LEXINGTON AVE, THEN INTO CHAIN LINK FENCING SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT RECEIVED INJURIES AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER. THEY RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT IN DELANO CA AND BAKERSFIELD CA. ACCORDANCE TO THE PILOT REPORT CRUISING AT 9000' HE EXPERIENCED A HARD VIBRATION AT WHICH TIME HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND OBSERVED THAT ONE PROPELLER BLADE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN HUB. THE PILOT RECEIVED DIRECTIONS FROM ATC TO THE NEAREST POINT, DELANO CA TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX05LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA253), Aug 2, 2005: Malechek Q-200 (N870BM), Delano, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the in-flight delamination and separation of a propeller blade for undetermined reasons.

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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