# Accident 20191019020259A: White Ronald V CH 701, Safford, AZ, October 19, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Safford, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6939° N, 109.6903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6939&lon=-109.6903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3784A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3784A-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: White Ronald V CH 701 (registry code 05903UK, https://openairdocs.org/model/white-ronald-v-ch-701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WHITE RONALD V CH 701
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191019020259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING LOCAL FROM SAD AIRPORT ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES BEFORE SUNSET AT 1500 ALG WHEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS AN EXTREME VIBRATION.  PASSENGER IN RIGHT SEAT REPORTED SEEING A BLACK STREAK COMING FROM THE RIGHT THAT IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED THE VIBRATION.  PILOT CUT POWER AND LANDED AIRCRAFT IN A CREEK BED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPSET DURING LANDING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT REPORTED THAT MUCH OF ONE BLADE OF THE TWO BLADED WOODED PROPELLER WAS MISSING.  MISSING PORTION OF BLADE WAS NOT FOUND.  INITIAL REPORT TO FAA PROVIDED BY PILOT STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN A BIRD STRIKE.

## 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 GAA20CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA039), Oct 20, 2019: Zenair CH 701 (N3784A), Safford, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of a propeller blade for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in an off-airport landing on soft sand and the separation of…

## Other reports on N3784A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100709037939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100709037939A), Jul 9, 2010: White Ronal CH 701 (N3784A), Pima, AZ, Substantial damage. On July 09, 2010, about 1735 mountain standard time (MST), an amateur built zenair CH701 stol, N3784A, with the pilot and one passenger had departed the flying…

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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