# Accident 20190914013139A: Crimmins Arthur SIDEWINDER, Tucumcari, NM, September 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2019, 11:25 local time
- Place: Tucumcari, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1256° N, 103.8392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1256&lon=-103.8392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N492AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N492AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Crimmins Arthur SIDEWINDER (registry code 0561197, https://openairdocs.org/model/crimmins-arthur-sidewinder) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CRIMMINS ARTHUR SIDEWINDER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA273) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190914013139A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 AT 1125 MDT, A 2003 SIDEWINDER EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, N492AC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER BLADE FAILURE IN FLIGHT WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GALLUP, NEW MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 MDT.

## 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 WPR19LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA273), Sep 14, 2019: Smyth Sidewinder (N492AC), Tucumcari, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of a section of a propeller blade due to a fatigue crack, which resulted in a forced landing.

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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