- Date
- October 9, 1982, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N45696Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821009054339A
- Case key
- 71757
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After advancing the throttle about 1/2 of its travel to commence the takeoff roll, the plt heard a loud explosion & felt a violent shaking of the acft. The eng quit & the acft swerved to the right side of the rwy. Post crash examinationrevealed that one entire propeller blade had been thrown from the propeller hub. The fatigue failure originated at a location across the hub from the open area & propogated over approximately 80% of the surface before breaking away in overload. The fatigue originated from an area of a metal defect in the form of overheated melted material. A discolored irregular area existed along the outer radius of the origin area, & detailed examination of this area disclosed spherical pores & structure indicative of fused metal. The fatigue striations emanated from the base of the porous & fused zone. A specific cause of the defect was not identified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45696
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1127
- Airframe hours
- 2,081
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B60, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harvey Monk
- Registered owner
- Ross S. Brown
- Departed
- MGM · Montgomery, AL
- Destination
- MGM · Montgomery, AL
- Airport
- MGM · Dannely Field, runway 21, 4,010 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,814 total · 17 in this make and model · 2,628 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 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.