- Date
- July 2, 1982, 08:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place
- Nome, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39MNBritten-Norman BN-2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820702067369A
- Case key
- 72023
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll, a propeller blade tip failure occurred on the left engine. About 9 inches of the blade tip separated and entered the top side of the fuselage about 1 ft behind the pilot's head. The blade tip severed the throttle, fuel mixture, carburetor heat and propeller control cables to the left engine. Also, the aileron cable became jammed in the full left position and the right engine cables were damaged. Reportedly, the left engine went to idle power and the pilot had to switch the magnetos off in order to abort the takeoff. A metallurgical examination revealed that the propeller blade (hartzell model: HC-C1YK-2CUF, pn FC8477A-4) had failed from fatigue. The fatigue crack originated at a dent in the leading edge of the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39MN
- Reported as
- Britten-Norman BN-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C-566
- Airframe hours
- 5,217
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4C5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Munz Northern Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Munz Northern Airlines, Inc.
- Departed
- OME · Nome, AK
- Destination
- ELI · Elim, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OME · Nome, runway 27, 6,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,900 total · 593 in this make and model · 5,741 as pilot in command · 328 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 127 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.