- Date
- April 9, 1982, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3016PPiper PA-23-170
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820409050609I
- Case key
- 69190
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an instructional flight the right engine was shut down and the prop feathered after a vibration was felt. The flight continued to its intended destination. Witnesses stated that they observed the right prop rotating while on final approach, even though the crew had feathered it. After landing, the A&P certificated, airplane owner began troubleshooting the vibration problem. One blade from the rt prop separated with the engine at 2000 RPM, penetrating a hangar and the windshield of a parked airplane. A series of fatigue cracks on the hub, originating at or near the hub surface, were located near the hub spider. The propeller had been exposed to a ground strike 217 hours before the failure. It was returned to service after inspection and overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3016P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-170
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-925
- Airframe hours
- 4,251
- Engine
- Lycoming O-340-A1A, 170 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard B. Daseke
- Registered owner
- Richard B. Daseke
- Departed
- Nashville, TN
- Destination
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport
- TCL · Tuscaloosa
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 10 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 0 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.