# Accident 20151206023059A: Cessna U206E, San Diego, CA, December 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2015, 13:37 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9150M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9150M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151206023059A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 6, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:27 PM PDT, A CESSNA 206 EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER BLADE FAILURE IN FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS IDENTIFIED AS N9150M.  IT WAS ON ITS 4TH FLIGHT OF THE DAY AND WAS OPERATING WITH FOUR PARACHUTE JUMPERS ON BOARD.  AT APPROXIMATELY 7000 FEET MSL, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD ?BANG? FOLLOWED BY VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE JUMP INSTRUCTORS RECOGNIZED THE SITUATION AS AN EMERGENCY AND IMMEDIATELY CLIPPED ONTO THEIR STUDENTS AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT IN UNDER 30 SECONDS.  AS THE JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THE PIC CUT THE THROTTLE AND EVALUATED THE EFFECT, AT THIS POINT UNAWARE THAT THE PROPELLER HAD FAILED. THE PIC NOTICED THE DECREASE IN RPM DECREASED THE INTENSITY OF THE VIBRATION, AND CUT THE MIXTURE TO THE ENGINE SHUTTING IT DOWN COMPLETELY.  AS THE PROPELLER RPM SLOWED TO A WIND MILLING STATE THE PIC WAS ABLE TO SEE A BLADE WAS MISSING.  ONCE THE PROPELLER STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT BEHAVED NORMALLY IN A POWER-OFF STATE, AND THE PIC SECURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE RUNWAY NUMBERS ON CENTER-LINE WITH ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO EXIT ONTO TAXIWAY B BETWEEN 8L AND 8R.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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