# Incident 20150818013889I: Snow 600-S2C, Cavalier, ND, August 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2015, 14:10 local time
- Place: Cavalier, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1DKG
- Location: 48.7940° N, 97.6226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cavalier, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7940&lon=-97.6226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1669S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1669S-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snow 600-S2C (registry code 8380302, https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-600-s2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNOW 600-S2C
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150818013889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION OF A CROP WHEN 14 INCHES OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED CAUSING SEVERE VIBRATION.  THIS VIBRATION CAUSED THE SPEED RING / COWL TO SEPARATE FROM ITS MOUNTS AND DAMAGE FURTHER THE PROPELLER, PUSH ROD TUBES AND ENGINE CYLINDERS.  THE PILOT PULLED POWER AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD.  NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY.

PROPELLER MAKE:  HAMILTON STANDARD

MODEL: 12D 40AG100-4S

BLADE SN?S: 777264 & 778907

PROPELLER TOTAL TIME: UNKN

PROPELLER BLADE TOTAL TIME:  UNKN

PROPELLER OVERHAUL DATE: 01/25/1999

PROPELLER TIME SINCE OVERHAUL: 1073.05

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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